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GridMatrix
GridMatrix is an Austin-and-San-Francisco-linked startup that turns the traffic cameras, radar, and loop detectors cities already own into a live feed of congestion, safety, and emissions data. Founded in 2021 by former Apple and Amazon operations engineers, the company sells cloud software to departments of transportation, port authorities, and campuses that would rather squeeze insight out of existing hardware than buy new sensors. It has raised just under $10 million and now runs on bridges, tunnels, and marine terminals across the country.
Hazel
Hazel is a New York-based startup building AI-native software for U.S. government procurement. Its platform helps state, local, and federal agencies define requirements, draft solicitations (RFPs, RFQs, RFBs), run market research, and evaluate vendor responses in one place - compressing a process that often takes months into days while keeping agencies compliant. Founded in 2024 by Harvard classmates August Chen and Elton Lossner and backed by Y Combinator, Hazel counts the City of Dallas, City of Atlanta, PhilaPort, and the U.S. Air Force among its early adopters.