In Brazil's faction-ridden landscape, Pax wants to be the ChatGPT of the police
Everyone feels it firsthand – but it's hard to gauge the problem of violence in Brazil. The country doesn't even have a standardized national statistic that shows how many crimes are solved. In homicides, where there is more reliable data, the picture is worrying: less than four in ten cases lead to a public prosecutor's indictment.
David Peixoto, founder of edtech Isaac, has launched Pax, a startup using AI to help police investigate crimes in Brazil. After selling Isaac to Arco Educação in 2022, Peixoto studied public security and discovered that Brazil lacks a standardized national statistic on solved crimes. Pax's platform uses AI to analyze data from cameras, vehicle plates, and other sources to help police find connections between people, vehicles, and events.
The startup has already helped solve a jewelry heist in Goiânia and has gained attention from investors, including Benchmark and Greenoaks, which invested $40 million. Pax is now operating in over 200 cities, mainly in Goiás and Paraná, and aims to expand to all Brazilian states by 2027.
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