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Jim Fruchterman, Benetech`s founder and CEO, was an engineering student at Caltech when he learned how pattern recognition technology could guide a missile to its target. “If you could use this technology to recognize tanks or bridges,” Jim thought, “perhaps you could also recognize letters and words. Then we could use software to read those words aloud to people who are blind.” Years later, after a stint as a rocket engineer, Jim cofounded a VC-backed tech company called Calera Recognition Systems. Calera invented the first successful machine that could read almost any printed font without requiring human training. The products based on that technology had many commercial applications, but Jim hadn`t let go of his earlier idea. Soon he and the Calera team began prototyping a reading machine for the blind. Calera`s investors were impressed that the reading machine worked; however, they didn`t want to pursue Jim`s vision as it would generate negligible profits and take the focus away from developing more profitable products. Jim realized his dream didn`t fit in with the for-profit model. In 1989, Benetech was born with a business model intended to keep costs low for users. The organization quickly became the largest maker of affordable reading systems for the blind. Due to limited revenue to invest in new ideas, Jim decided to sell the reading machine product line to a for-profit company and reinvest the money from the sale—$5 million—to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good. Today, Benetech continues to be a different kind of tech company—a nonprofit—with a pure focus on developing software for social good. More than two decades after our founding, we`ve grown to include multiple program areas and initiatives that provide software to improve—even transform—the lives of people all across the world. You can read more about our work through our four main work areas: Education, Human Rights, Environment and Poverty. As a nonprofit tackling tough social issues, the funds to identify and develop new software solutions come from individuals, foundations, corporations, partner organizations, and agencies. Please consider supporting our work or partnering with us. Together, we can ensure that all of humanity benefits from technology.
CyCognito solves one of the most fundamental business problems in cybersecurity: seeing how attackers view your organization, where they are most likely to break in, what systems and assets are at risk, and how you can eliminate the exposure. Founded by national intelligence agency veterans, CyCognito has a deep understanding of how attackers exploit blind spots and a path of least resistance. The Palo Alto-based company is funded by leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists, and its mission is to help organizations protect themselves from even the most sophisticated attackers. It does this with a category-defining, transformative platform that automates offensive cybersecurity operations to provide reconnaissance capabilities superior to those of attackers.
Founded in 2017, DLT Labs is a global leader in distributed data management and enterprise solutions powered by blockchain. We have advanced competency in technical innovation for data and digital asset provenance storage, management and exchange for companies of all sizes around the world. With offices in Canada, India and Japan, DLTs premier team of distributed application architects, designers and integrators has created a full suite of secure and scalable blockchain products to service enterprise clients, including: DL Certify, DL Registry, DL Asset Track, DL Wallet, DL Data Consent, DL ICO Plus, DL Learn, and DL Loyalty. DLT is an Authorized IBM Business Partner, a partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pwc), a partner of Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Hyperledger and Linux Foundation, a member of BiTA (blockchain in Transportation Alliance), a member of MOBI (Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative), and technology partner for several other companies.
Advanced Digital Technologies is focused on our strengths as a company. However, we understand that many of today's business processes interrelate and overlap. Consequently, ADT develops and maintains many in-house capabilities. Our first main focus is
GlassHouse Technologies, Inc is a Framingham, MA-based company in the Computers and Electronics sector.