Hala Systems
Hala Systems develops blockchain, AI, and IoT remote sensing alert systems enabling communities to collectively predict, prevent, and respond to humanitarian threats and emerging crises.
Website: https://www.halasystems.com/
HQ: Wilmington, Delaware, United States; Lisboa, Portugal
Active Markets: Global
Problem Addressed
Verifying the accuracy of digital media is becoming increasingly difficult as more sophisticated technologies make falsification easier and more convincing.
Project Description
Hala Systems works to leverage modern technologies, such as AI, IoT, and blockchain distributed ledgers to address challenges in humanitarian threats and verification of the documentation of these events. Hala capitalizes on the global proliferation of smartphones, empowering civilians to participate in producing evidence and early warning of humanitarian crises. With Hala’s Sentry solution, individuals can use their smartphone video, photo, and audio to document emerging events, which are then verified and securely stored on a decentralized blockchain database along with relevant metadata constituting the veracity of the media being stored. These data are intended to be verifiable to the degree that they may be submitted in a court of law.
Business Data
Status: Active
Constituency Served: N/a
Networks: Hedera
Known Investors: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Mark Cuban, Singularity University Ventures, PeaceTech Accelerator
Additional References: N/a
Progress to date
Hala Systems currently has the capacity to register millions of video, photo, and audio file events per day, including media metadata accounting for originating device, time of capture, and location. In November 2023, Hala was named one of the finalists for the Schwab Foundation 2024 Social Innovation Awards.
Business Model
Revenue model not disclosed.
Traction
Hala Systems has facilitated warnings for over 2 million people, with 140 warnings broadcasted daily resulting in a reduction of 250,000 people facing trauma. Hala partnerships include entities such as the European Union and USAID.