Ares
Category: Computer Vision
An AI-powered public safety platform that automates the generation of police reports and evidence analysis from body-worn camera footage. Ares was founded in 2024. The company is led by George Cheng. Based in San Francisco, USA. Team size: 5. Total funding raised: $2.7M. Latest round: Seed (Jan 2025). Key investors include Y Combinator, AME Cloud Ventures, Pathlight Ventures, Webb Investment Network.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Team size
- 5
- Total funding
- $2.7M
Value proposition
Reduces the administrative burden on officers by automating paperwork—which typically consumes 40% of a shift—allowing for increased patrol time, improved report accuracy, and enhanced transparency.
Products and solutions
AI Report Writer, Evidence Analysis Engine, Ares Dashboard, Multi-modal Transcription Service
Unique value
Unlike general transcription tools, Ares is specifically fine-tuned for the legal and procedural nuances of law enforcement, generating structured, court-ready narratives directly from raw field footage.
Target customer
Municipal police departments, sheriff's offices, federal law enforcement agencies, and public safety organizations.
Industries served
Public Safety, Government Technology, Law Enforcement, Legal & Compliance
Technology advantage
Utilizes proprietary multimodal LLM pipelines to synthesize audio and visual context into legally-defensible documentation; hardware-agnostic architecture allows integration with existing body-cam providers.
How they differentiate
Ares is hardware-agnostic, allowing it to integrate with any body-worn camera brand (Axon, Motorola, etc.), whereas incumbents like Axon lock users into their proprietary hardware ecosystem. Ares also utilizes a specialized multimodal LLM pipeline fine-tuned specifically for the legal and procedural nuances of police narratives.
Main competitors
Axon (Draft One), Truleo, JusticeText
Key partnerships
Y Combinator, AME Cloud Ventures, Pathlight Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Undisclosed municipal police departments
Notable customers
Undisclosed municipal police departments, Law enforcement agencies in the United States
Major milestones
Accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2024 (W24) batch, Rebranded from Code Four to Ares in late 2024, Raised $2.7M Seed funding led by AME Cloud Ventures and Pathlight Ventures (Jan 2025), Developed AI capable of reducing police paperwork time by up to 40%
Growth metrics
Currently in pilot phase with municipal police departments; pricing model estimated at $30/officer/month.
Market positioning
Seed-stage GovTech disruptor and challenger to legacy public safety incumbents.
Geographic focus
United States
Patents and IP
No registered patents disclosed.
About George Cheng
George Cheng was a freshman at MIT studying Computer Science and Mathematics before dropping out to found Ares (formerly Code Four). He is a World Science Scholar and a Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) award winner. He has a background in high-level research and competitive STEM.
Official website: https://www.ares.ai/