Kitsap 911 · May 2026
Official county 911 announcement that Kitsap deployed Aurelian's Ava to create a dedicated non-emergency line and improve access to routine public-safety services.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Aurelian is a Seattle-based public-safety software startup that builds AI tools for PSAPs: AVA automates non-emergency 911 calls, and CORA supports telecommunicators during live emergency calls. Public sources place the company’s origin in 2022 (YC S22), with the current public safety product launch and market expansion happening later after an earlier Needl pivot.
Primary product
AVA, an AI voice assistant for non-emergency 911 calls, paired with CORA, an on-screen AI copilot for live emergency calls
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, United States
Team size
30-40 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Public safety / 911 call automation
Offices
Seattle, Washington, United States
Seattle (Ballard), Washington, United States
Business model
B2B software
Government/public-safety SaaS
Quote-based enterprise sales
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$17M
Latest round
Series A · Aug 2025
Latest amount
$14M
Aug 2025 · NEA
Oct 2022
Jul 2022 · Y Combinator
Jan 2022
People & investors
Leadership
CEO and Co-founder
CTO and Co-founder
Head of Sales
Head of Post-Sales
Head of Customer Experience
Head of Talent
Head of Engineering
Head of Marketing
Work & culture
Mission-driven, fast-moving, and customer-centric. The company emphasizes caring deeply, owning outcomes, bias for action, speed over perfection, and respecting call-takers’ time; job posts also show direct customer interaction and a strong bias toward shipping.
Visa sponsorship
Yes
Compensation
Public job posts show Seattle-based engineering roles around $160K-$200K and $180K-$240K base salary, plus benefits such as medical/dental/vision, unlimited PTO, WFH and relocation stipends.
Benefits
free daily office lunch
annual team offsites
401(k) plan
relocation stipend
unlimited PTO
medical/dental/vision insurance
WFH stipend
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based / contact sales
Differentiators
- —Built specifically for PSAPs and public safety use cases
- —AVA handles non-emergency calls while CORA supports live emergency calls
- —Integrates with existing CAD and phone systems without rip-and-replace
- —Agency-specific SOP customization and white-glove deployment
- —Supports voice, SMS, and web chat in 35+ languages
- —Claims large-scale automation of non-emergency volume with zero-second hold times
Technology
ClickHouse
real-time AI pipelines
voice, SMS, and web chat interfaces
CAD system integrations
phone system integrations
instrumentation, logging, and monitoring
developer tooling / CLIs
Customers
Emergency communications centers (PSAPs/ECCs) across the U.S.
Snohomish County 911 (SNO911)
Kalamazoo County
PenCom
MACC 911
Hamilton County 911
MACECOM
Cowlitz 911
South Summit Dispatch
El Cajon Police Department
Dane County Public Safety Communications
Competitors
Hyper
Prepared
legacy CAD/dispatch software vendors
horizontal voice AI startups
incumbent public-safety software providers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$1M ARR (estimated)
Estimated monthly visits
13.6K
Latest news
Salem Reporter · Mar 2026
Local coverage of municipal testing of Aurelian’s non-emergency call system, showing continued rollout and adoption beyond the original launch markets.
Business Wire · Dec 2025
Announces Cora, an on-screen AI copilot for live emergency calls, and positions it as the companion to Ava for PSAPs and ECCs.
GeekWire · Aug 2025
Profiles the founders’ pivot journey, the $14M Series A, and the operational impact of Aurelian’s non-emergency call automation on public-safety centers.
Entrepreneur · Aug 2025
Profiles the Series A and the product's role in handling non-emergency call volume for 911 centers.
Jobs and careers at Aurelian
11 jobs at Aurelian
Security & Compliance Engineer
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Engineering
Seattle
1mo ago
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Mid-Market Sales - Seattle
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Sales
Seattle
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Tech Lead / Engineering Manager
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Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Staff Product Engineer
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Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Product Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Staff Backend Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Backend Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Staff Infrastructure Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Seattle
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding Product Manager
On-site
Product
Seattle
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time