With technology evolving at the speed of light, cities are doing a tremendous job going digital. Local government agencies are rising to the challenge and adopting new innovations. In doing so, they are boosting organizational
Zencity is honored to have been selected by tech giant Microsoft to take part in Microsoft ScaleUp, a global program dedicated to helping late-stage startups quickly scale. As part of the Microsoft for Startups initiative, Microsoft ScaleUp cherry-picks later
City managers derive significant benefit from understanding their citizens’ needs, and there has been a fantastic rise in technologies that help them do just this. One element that can make information on citizen needs even more valuable
While many cities are starting to collect feedback from their citizens through social media, they are still relying predominantly on official sources like city-managed pages and groups. However, Artificial Intelligence (AI)- based analysis of both
Our team headed out to Newport Beach, California, to participate in the City Managers Department Meeting for the League of California Cities this past month. We loved meeting city managers and deputy city managers. In most cities
The Zencity team and I recently had the honor and privilege of participating in the 86th US Conference of Mayors in Washington DC. Alongside over 200 mayors, we were able to discuss the challenges American cities are
Last week, Zencity was announced a winner of the Smart 50 Awards from a pool of international tech initiatives from all over the world! This isn’t just exciting for us because it’s always fun to get a
Earlier this year, a video showing a passenger being dragged off a flight sparked a social media campaign against the airline. The feedback on social platforms was so negative and so widespread that the company
Last week I gave a short talk about current and future trends in Smart Cities in the Forbes under 30 Summit in Jerusalem. Here is what I had to say: The reason I became so interested in
Recently I had the pleasure of lecturing about data, technology and cities to top tier executives of a major municipality in Israel. Towards the end of the talk, I showed a few examples of Israeli
