Watch Duty dives into flood detection
Summary
Marketplace Tech explores Watch Duty, a nonprofit app consolidating real-time disaster data for wildfires and floods. CTO David Merritt discusses expanding to all 50 states, leveraging AI for radio transcription, and relying on volunteers. He also explains their hybrid funding model, combining donations, grants, and enterprise sales to sustain their public service mission.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Cornerstone and Odoo
Watch Duty: The app for natural disasters
Growth and expansion to all 50 states
Technical challenges of integrating flood data
AI partnership with Google for radio transcription
Sponsors: Cornerstone and Dell Pro
Scaling operations with volunteers and automation
Funding model and enterprise adoption
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