Zencity, the Israeli data analytics company, announced Tuesday that it has raised $40 million to fund a new AI assistance tool that will be rolled out to state and local governments.
According to announcement, Zencity’s AI assistant will help governments reduce the time spent collecting and understanding community feedback by helping leaders create new engagement projects, ask questions, suggest images, create landing pages and automatically translate them into dozens of languages for maximum accessibility. The investment, led by StepStone Group, brings the total venture capital raised by Zencity to $91 million.
The tool will allow users to create graphs and reports, which, according to the announcement, will allow government leaders to bring community input into the decision-making process. The assistant is also designed as an analyst capable of answering questions about data in simple language, cross-referencing sources such as surveys and social media, the announcement continues.
Zencity said the recently raised funds will also be used to hire engineering and data science professionals and improve customer service for Zencity’s local government clients across four continents.
Zencity, which claims 8 of the 10 largest U.S. cities as clients, works with state and local agencies, including law enforcement, by analyzing social media platforms to gather public opinion on issues such as government performance and events, including disasters and other public safety issues. incidents. Recently, the municipalities of New York and Dallas, as well as the Los Angeles Police Department, have become customers.
“AI-driven capabilities, like the one we are launching today, put the best technology in the hands of local government leaders, which will accelerate this goal, reducing barriers to seeking the advice of the community and making it easier to make sense of the data. we will deliver results for the communities our government partners serve,” Eyal Feder-Levy, Zencity’s chief executive, said in the announcement.
The new AI assistant is currently in beta testing by select Zencity customers. The company said it would be widely available this summer.
