STIR connects government agencies with startups to develop technology products that address civic challenges. Over 16 weeks, startups and government work together to co-develop a solution that creates real impact. The core mission of STIR is to bring together government and startups to explore ways to use technology to make government more accountable, efficient, and responsive. Since 2014, we have tackled dozens of civic challenges such as streamlining the foster care process, recovering quickly from an earthquake, and giving homeless people the services they need in real time.

Ayla Networks empowers leading manufacturers by simplifying the inherent complexity of the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling them to turn their products into smart connected systems and transform their businesses to compete in the game-changing world of connectivity. Delivered as a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Ayla’s Agile IoT platform provides the flexibility and modularity to enable rapid changes to practically any type of device, cloud or app environment. Ayla Networks was named a 2015 Cool Vendor in the Internet of Things by Gartner, Inc. Ayla’s investors include Cisco, the International Finance Corporation, SAIF Partners, Crosslink Capital, Voyager Capital, Linear Venture and SJF Ventures. For more information, visit www.aylanetworks.com. Ayla Networks was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California.

Brains & Motion Education (BAM!) is a tech-enabled company unlocking the potential of students year-round through summer camp, after-school, and structured recess enrichment programs. By empowering the next generation with world-class STEM, arts, and sports programs, BAM fosters a lifelong love for learning, shaping well-rounded individuals who are not just ready for tomorrow but thriving in the present. To date, BAM has served 1,150+ schools and 93,000 students with 4,600 programs delivered.

Healthcare is unreasonably complex and costly. At Carrum Health, we're applying a common sense approach to simplify the payment model and produce greater value for employers and their employees. We do so by directly connecting progressive self-insured employers to top-quality regional healthcare providers through the industry’s first comprehensive bundled payment solution. Our innovative platform reimagines how care is paid for and delivered, improving the value of health benefits for employers and their members.

Cecelia Health is a virtual specialty clinic for people with chronic conditions, delivering virtual care designed with a human element to improve adherence and health outcomes. From millions of connections led by a national network of specialty providers and expert clinicians, we understand how to motivate people to make lasting behavior change through scalable solutions that address individual needs. We offer a new approach to modernize the care journey by amplifying human engagement and delivering a seamless patient experience that is proven to positively impact quality measures, reduce variability in care, and improve medication, device, and clinical trial adherence. What started as a desire to help people living with diabetes access personalized support is now a human-led virtual clinic that is transforming the healthcare UX. For health plans, employers, health systems, and providers, we complement existing care management programs and close critical care gaps; for pharma, device manufacturers and distributors, and clinical trial organizations, we offer proven patient support programs that optimize engagement and increase medication adherence and persistency. Beyond any digital-only solution or call center, we expand access to care and provide life-changing support from dedicated clinical experts through our virtual specialty clinic, remote patient monitoring, education, and device training powered by first-party data and robust analytics. Current job openings at Cecelia Health are listed on our careers page. We will never ask you to provide sensitive financial or personal information throughout the recruitment or interview process. Cecelia Health will never extend a job offer without interviewing candidates via phone/video.

ChartSpan provides turn-key, managed care coordination and compliance programs for doctors, clinics, and health systems. We manage patient care coordination programs for more than 100 of the most successful practices and health systems in the United States. ChartSpan's trained clinicians telephonically engage each doctor's sickest patients monthly, checking to make sure they are adhering to care plans, taking their medications, and addressing care issues they experience. Bi-directional clinical and billing data is managed and automated by integrating directly with each client's EHR system. ChartSpan delivers new revenue for practices, dramatically improves patient outcomes, and drives MIPS compliance. ChartSpan is proud to have been named one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in America.

Civitas Learning is an intelligent student success platform to equip your team with real-time insights and workflow solutions to support the entire student lifecycle, achieve equitable outcomes, and build sustainable institutions today and tomorrow.

Community Energy has been leading renewable energy development for more than a decade. By launching the market for direct sales of renewable energy to retail electric customers, Community Energy first leveraged consumer choice to build demand for early new renewable projects and went on to develop and deliver wind energy at record scale. CEI is now developing utility-scale solar generation in the East, Mid-West, and West as it continues to open new markets for solar and wind generation.

Duos is reimagining the future of aging. As a technology-enabled service provider, Duos connects people to the essential resources required to attain the highest level of health. Our advanced technology allows us to aggregate historically siloed data and resources from across the ecosystem, breaking down barriers to health literacy and access to care and enabling seamless and timely connections with complete visibility and feedback throughout the process.

Easy Metrics is a SaaS-based business intelligence platform that helps companies identify and optimize their labor costs. The company's labor management system delivers 40% productivity improvements while providing significantly enhanced insights into labor-intensive activities. Cost savings are often shared with employees, producing both economic and job quality benefits. Easy Metrics also provides a subscription-based cloud solution that customers can implement on a facility-by-facility basis. This enables easy adoption and rapid scale-up within new customers, without substantial up-front capital or deployment costs. They created a system where individual metrics were tracked per work process and incorporated multiple variables in the process mapping to create fair and consistent labor standards across all work processes. Founded in 1996, Easy Metrics is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, USA.

Elemeno Health is a team-based medical information platform—a personal assistant for doctors and nurses. Team communication and point-of-care training are essential to keeping our healthcare workforce healthy and ready to meet the COVID surge. With Elemeno, frontline staff can access the most current practices, checklists, and videos needed to deliver the best care possible and stay safe. We launched Elemeno to improve practice consistency and reduce medical errors. They have fundamentally transformed training and accelerated the adoption of best practices, improved patient outcomes, and saved providers millions. Elemeno closes the knowledge-practice gap at the frontlines to help improve patient safety. Our proprietary cloud-based platform provides context-driven microlearning. We transform complicated practices into bite-sized steps (decision guides, checklists, “how to” videos) to help doctors and nurses deliver the right practice at the right time. Social elements include recognition and gamification. With a built-in feedback loop, leadership learns what works, what doesn’t, and what their staff really need. Elemeno, founded in 2016 and based in Oakland, California, is a web application. Deployed without hospital IT resources. Accessible on any device.

Sage provides 24/7 support and simplified healthcare navigation, guiding patients through complex healthcare processes with empathetic conversation.