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Prepared Secures $27M to Advance AI-Powered Emergency Response Technology
- Prepared, an AI and cloud-based platform for optimizing emergency response systems, has raised $27m in a Series B funding round.
- Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from First Round Capital, M13 and NewView Capital.
- Prepared's flagship product, the Prepared Assist, provides 911 centers with translation services and accurate location data with real-time transcriptions of calls in 33 different languages.
- The platform also offers live translation of operator responses for Spanish-speaking callers, streamlining communication and ensuring language barriers do not impede emergency services.
- Prepared partners with more than 1,000 different agencies across 49 states and currently serves a population of 97m people.
- Prepared CEO and Cofounder Michael Chime was motivated to start the emergency response platform after growing up in an area that suffered a school shooting.
- The Prepared platform includes assistive AI, which allows call-takers to see live transcripts of calls and pull out key information such as location and suspect descriptions highlighted and easily accessible.
- Prepared aims to incorporate previously inaccessible data into emergency response services, including footage and other life-saving data.
- Prepared is call volume-based and attracted investment from a16z, First Round Capital and M13 due to its transformative technology and ability to execute and save lives at scale.
- Michae Chime's favorite fall destination is spending time in Central Park as the leaves change color.
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