Area!

Area! is a personal safety guide that utilizes locally powered artificial intelligence to keep you safe. Trusted community: Area is building a safe space for credible members of society to support one another Real-time intelligence: Area’s trusted community share information and participate in a rigorous verification process to curb fake news Emergency response: Area! is providing quick and easy access to support and response channels Situational awareness: Area!’s database of over 16,000 verified incidents and real-time intelligence let’s you make informed decisions Inclusion and Access: Area! Provides over 100mb of data to its trusted members to ensure they are never stranded or excluded from digital response channels Its features include: • View incidents, events and updates near you • Real-time traffic updates to find the best route • Share (openly, anonymously or within closed network) • Corroborate/debunk incidents near you • Comment, upload picture and investigate incidents • SOS: Nearest emergency service (over 20 categories) • Real-time location risk rating • Receive push notifications to users for location risk updates • API integration, open media and in-house tools Upon meeting a verification threshold of our human-supervised AI-based verification algorithm, Area! curbs misinformation by labelling the incident with a “verified”, “disputed” or “debunked” badge. Area! has an exhaustive and expandable list of location- specific emergency contacts to support personal safety, security, and crisis response: • Over 15 emergency support categories and growing • Access artisans for home emergencies • Intelligent search tool • Call and/or Navigate to a chosen service • Pre-programme corporate emergency response contacts. • Emergency response for vulnerable population: women and disabled persons. • Access to Towntalk’s 24/7 Call Centre for response coordination. Become an “Area! Champion” by engaging in positive behaviours and accumulating Area Points for in-app rewards.