Forest Protect wins 2nd prize at NBG Business Seeds
IRIDA AI Technologies won 2nd prize in the 14th NBG Business Seeds Innovation & Technology Competition of the National Bank of Greece, with a cash award of €10,000.
The award recognised Forest Protect™, IRIDA's AI system for early wildfire detection. This year's competition drew 467 participants, individuals and teams, with 280 proposals.
COO George Diakomanolis received the award at the competition's Festival of Innovation, held at the National Bank of Greece's Melas Mansion in Athens.
Forest Protect™ watches fire-sensitive areas 24/7 with long-range thermal and visible cameras. Edge AI filters out false alarms, so operators are alerted to real fires at a very early stage. It is designed for wind farms and the forests around them, and works alongside IRIDA's Bird Protect™ and Bat Protect™ systems on the same platform.
We thank the National Bank of Greece and the NBG Business Seeds team for their long-standing support of Greek innovation.
Read more: NBG Business Seeds winners · Startupper, 10 Jul 2024 (in Greek)
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About IRIDA AI Technologies: an Athens-based green-tech company that protects birds, bats and forests at wind farms with AI. Its Bird Protect™, Bat Protect™ and Forest Protect™ systems detect wildlife and wildfire in real time and trigger automated turbine responses through Shutdown on Demand. IRIDA has 643 systems installed and contracted at 93 wind farms in 12 countries on 2 continents. Protecting biodiversity. Enabling wind energy.
