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Social Glass
Social Glass is a San Francisco-based startup company building a software ecosystem to power high-performing governments. Social Glass uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to digitize, streamline and scale processes and decision-making. They aim to make it easy for governments to run efficiently. Social Glass is currently developing a piece of software that could run in every government agency, using Big Data to analyze government operations, identifying opportunities to streamline recurrent decisions and reduce operating costs, and suggesting revenue-generating recommendations.

History
Social Glass was founded by Paola Santana, a lawyer, public procurement expert and tech entrepreneur. Previously she co-founded Matternet, Silicon Valley's pioneering drone delivery startup. Under her leadership, Matternet engaged with The White House, the US Congress, FAA, and NASA to enact the first drone rule in the United States in 2016 ,and became the first drone delivery platform authorized for urban operations in 2017. She’s a Fulbright scholar and faculty at Singularity University ,Latin in Tech, Forbes Top 50 Women of Power from Central America & The Dominican Republic, LinkedIn Top Professionals Under 35, and Social Glass been ranked in the top 10 e-Governance Solutions of 2019 by Gov CIO Outlook Magazine.

Social Glass was created on the basis that governments are the biggest decision-makers in the world. They estimate that in 80% of the world, governments lack simple and integrated processes to effectively leverage their resources to serve their citizens, they’re creating a space to engage in this foundational conversation, aiming to improve government procedures, systems and end results. Social Glass claims that governments are also the biggest purchasers in the world, yet their procurement processes are outdated, complex, slow and require manual implementation by a highly-specialized workforce. Their first product -- MICRO™ -- aims to tackle this specific problem. MICRO™ is an e-commerce marketplace for compliant and paperless government micro-purchases (e.g. daily needs, office supplies, professional services, emergency items), where government agencies can buy, contract or rent products and services from verified businesses. With this product, they think they can help governments simplify their procurement activities, reducing barriers of entry into the government market for businesses, and assisting public employees in making purchasing decisions.

Software and Services
MICRO™: Social Glass’ first and newest product — MICRO™, has a web-based marketplace with goods and services from verified suppliers from whom government departments can buy, contract, or rent items. Government staffers can, for instance, purchase necessary office or emergency supplies, agency-approved software, or even rent a conference venue and hire catering services, all through the same platform. The transaction details are displayed in a visual dashboard, allowing staffers to track their orders and keep key terms of purchase such as warranty and insurance. Social Glass is currently collaborating with US government agencies in an exclusive Pilot Program to test their core marketplace capabilities.