Community-powered Data Networks
For Smarter Cities
Smart data capture tools transform community-sourced data into actionable insights with AI-driven analysis, built-in privacy, and automated rewards.
Key Features
Live Condition Tracking
Locals capture and share real-time analyzed data providing cities with up-to-date insights.
Incentivized Participation
Secure tools reward residents for contributions while protecting their data and meeting regulations.
Scalable Data Governance
Built on a secure data protocol ensuring privacy while making data scalable across cities and cases.
How it works
Residents use a smartphone app to take videos of infrastructure.
AI analyzes the condition and provides insights.
Contributors receive rewards for their verified submissions.
Cities gain long-term planning data or can respond immediately with alerts.
Use Cases
Boost Public Transport
Locals take over condition tracking of bus stops.
Prevent Flooding
Locals monitor drainage systems in flood prone areas.
Locals capture footage of paths to map accessibility.
Improve Accessibility
Future Proof Technology
Open Ecosystem
Based on an open-source protocol, no vendor lock-in. Cities maintain control.
Trusted & Secure
With Blockchain and ZKP, data remains private yet verifiable.
Scalable & Adaptable
AI-powered system grows with the city’s needs.
Participatory Data Generation is emerging globally
Communities in Action
Real World Examples
Community WiFi with Wayru
Wayru allows residents to manage shared WiFi hotspots. In Juan Montalvo (Ecuador), locals, supported by UNHCR, are rewarded for improving internet access and closing the digital gap.
Realtime Mapping with Proto
Proto helps Porto's local community to map accessibility features in their neighborhoods, providing valuable information for residents and visitors with lreduced mobility.
Geo-Location with Geodnet
Geodnet partners with the USDA to provide affordable precision location data to farmers through community-hosted reference stations, driving greater automation in local food production.
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Kick-off: Accessibility-Mapping Porto
January ‘25
Grid Collective is partnering with the city of Porto to pilot community-powered Accessibility Mapping for residents with reduced mobility - leveraging the decentralized mapping technology of DePIN Proto.
UTMC- Session on
Net-Zero Cities
December ‘24
Grid Collective partnered with UTMC - Urban Transition Mission Center for an online session on Decentralized Data Networks that support Smart Energy Grids.
DePIN Lisboa
July ‘24
Grid Collective collaborated with Goethe Institut Portugal for the DePIN-Lisboa gathering, uniting 100 residents, local authorities, and infrastructure providers to kickstart a Sandbox for community-powered infrastructure in Portugal.
FAQ
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Grid Collective is a collaborative Network of Decentralized Infrastructure Networks that are operating across various Smart City Verticals.
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Education and onboarding programs are free of charge. Service fees depend on the scope of work and the terms set by all collaborating parties.
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Please message us with your project ideas, and we will respond swiftly.
contact: info@gridcollective.xyz.
People of Grid Collective
Kathleen Olstedt
20 years in building data-driven businesses and ecosystems
(EU, Daimler, Axel Springer)
Sylvain Belahniche
15+years in designing data-driven applications (2IQ, 3 Comma Capital)