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Code Four

Modernizing the police workflow.

codefour.us
HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA
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Overview

Code Four is a 2025 San Francisco public-safety startup building AI software for law enforcement, centered on body-camera-to-report automation and investigative search workflows.

Primary product

AI police report writing and investigation platform (REPORT + INSIGHTS + Flash)

Founded

2025

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

10-20

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Law Enforcement

Sub-industry

Public-safety AI / police workflow software

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States
Cary, North Carolina, United States

Business model

B2G SaaS
per-officer subscription software
public-sector enterprise software

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$2.8M

Latest round

Seed · Jun 2025

Latest amount

$2.6M

People & investors

Leadership

George Cheng

Co-Founder & CEO

Dylan Nguyen

Co-Founder & CTO

Cecilia Li

Director of Growth

Joseph Ayalew

Founding Chief Commercial Officer

Founders

Natnael Kahssay

Co-founder

Investors

AME Cloud Ventures
Exponent Founders Capital
Webb Investment Network
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven and highly customer-embedded; the founders emphasize in-person agency visits, hands-on deployments, and close feedback loops with law-enforcement users.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public YC job postings showed founding software engineer roles at roughly $130K-$300K with 0.25%-2.0% equity, and a San Francisco/Remote US role at roughly $100K-$250K with 0.25%-1.0% equity.

Product & market

Pricing

$50 per officer per month; demo-led sales for agency rollouts

Differentiators

  • —Uses computer vision plus audio/video analysis, not audio alone
  • —Produces source-linked, review-ready report drafts
  • —Searches transcripts, entities, timelines, and digital evidence in one workspace
  • —Designed to integrate with existing body cams, RMS, and CAD systems
  • —CJIS-oriented security, encryption, and chain-of-custody controls
  • —Human-review safeguards such as hidden verification prompts / 'Easter eggs'

Technology

React
TypeScript
GraphQL
Figma
Calendly
Pipedrive
Dash
Palantir
LinkedIn
Google Cloud Vertex AI / Gemini
AWS GovCloud / Cognito
GitHub

Customers

Law enforcement agencies
Police departments
Sheriffs' offices
Detective/investigations units
Pocatello Police Department
Wilton Police Department
Lehi Police Department
Richland Police Department
Caldwell Police Department
Fayetteville Police Department
American Fork Police Department

Competitors

Axon Draft One
Truleo
general-purpose AI tools used for police documentation

Signals & risks

Other
Jun 2026

External coverage raised legal, bias, and human-review concerns about AI-generated police reports using Code Four in Idaho departments; the reporting highlighted the need for careful officer review and potential courtroom consequences if reports are inaccurate.

Source
Other
Jul 2026

StateScoop reported that Code Four uses hidden verification prompts in AI-generated drafts to confirm that officers actually review the text before submission, underscoring the company’s attention to human oversight and the associated risk of over-reliance on AI.

Source

Latest news

Police AI platform uses 'Easter eggs' to verify human review

StateScoop · Jul 2026

Explains how Code Four inserts hidden verification prompts into AI-generated drafts to confirm officers reviewed them before filing.

Platform connects digital evidence for detectives

Police1 · Jul 2026

Profiles Code Four INSIGHTS as an investigation layer for digital evidence, timelines, and case workflows.

Should Idaho Police Use AI to Write Reports From Body Cam Footage?

GovTech · Jun 2026

Covers Code Four adoption in Idaho and the legal and operational concerns around AI-generated police reports.

Durand Police Department experiments with Code Four AI for writing reports

WEAU · Apr 2026

Reports a Wisconsin department trialing Code Four for body-camera-based report drafting.

Maine police use AI software developed by a 19-year-old to write reports

Bangor Daily News · Feb 2026

Details Code Four deployments in Maine and discusses accuracy, bias, and pricing.

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SourcesOfficial homeRequest a demo / contactTrust CenterPrivacy policyBlogSeed round announcementWhy Code Four ExistsCase studiesProduct: REPORTProduct: INSIGHTSProduct: FlashY Combinator company pageLinkedIn company pageStateScoop articleIdaho Statesman articleGovTech articleBangor Daily News articleWEAU articlePolice1 article

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