A Gainesville-based startup founded by University of Florida alumni is one of four winners of Verizon’s $1 million Disaster Resilience Prize.
UF Innovate | Accelerate resident client FNN has gained national recognition for its use of artificial intelligence to improve disaster response time and grid resilience. The organization leverages artificial intelligence with UF’s supercomputer, HiPerGator, to reduce the time it takes to identify a devastating wildfire from 24 hours to 40 seconds.
FNN’s lightning sensors and three other technologies were selected from more than 200 applications. The prize recognizes innovative technologies that strengthen communities’ ability to prepare and respond to natural disasters.
Read more about UF’s HiPerGator Drives FNN’s AI Wildfire Detection in Verizon Prize Recognition.
