AI-driven building diagnostics
Lamarr.AI
Deployments in Atlanta, Savannah, and Augusta use drones, thermal analytics, and AI to surface high-ROI retrofit opportunities and de-risk capital planning for large portfolios.
The Evergreen Fund
Turning philanthropic capital into repeatable community impact.
Partnership for Innovation connects communities, research, talent, and philanthropic capital so each portfolio investment generates impact, relationships, and capacity that strengthen the next.
The PIN Evergreen Fund provides the patient capital and discipline to turn promising solutions into lasting community and economic value.
Portfolio in Action
Promising solutions.
Measurable community value.
PIN helps research-driven companies deploy with communities across the Southeast and beyond, creating the evidence, early customer relationships, and implementation knowledge that drive growth and solve real local challenges. Lamarr.AI and Safe Road Solutions are two examples of a model that can support more companies and communities as PIN’s reach expands.
AI-powered roadway safety
Safe Road Solutions
Smartphone sensing and AI identify hazardous roadway curves at low cost. The platform has already analyzed 18,000+ miles of Georgia roads, proving a scalable path to faster safety upgrades.
“PIN's relationships with local governments opened doors with early adopter counties, which has allowed us to validate the technology, refine the software, and begin developing our first referenceable customers.”
The Opportunity
Innovation isn’t the problem.
Connection is.
The challenge is not a shortage of ideas. It is the gap between promising innovation and real-world adoption. PIN closes that gap by connecting ventures with communities, emerging talent, capital, and implementation support to create lasting value.
PIN is the connective infrastructure.
By aligning these assets, PIN helps funders create greater and more durable public value than any one portfolio investment could achieve alone.
Why PIN
Built on what already works.
PIN is led by operators with experience across communities, local government, universities, and startups. They bring the relationships and practical know-how to move solutions into real-world use.
The team also develops emerging talent through paid roles, career support, and applied learning. Interns and fellows add capacity to portfolio companies and community projects while building experience and career mobility.
Together, these capabilities help PIN identify high-potential opportunities early, support responsible deployment, and build the evidence and customer relationships needed for growth.
How the Evergreen Fund Works
One contribution.
Repeated community value.
Philanthropic contributions to the Evergreen Fund provide PIN with capital to invest in early-stage, high-growth solutions with clear community applicability.
PIN pairs that investment with access to communities, hands-on support, and paid interns and fellows. Any financial returns are retained by the Fund and reinvested in future community-serving ventures and deployments.
The evergreen cycle
Through the Evergreen Fund, philanthropic capital becomes a continuing cycle of investment and impact.
- 01Invest
PIN invests philanthropic capital in promising early-stage companies with clear potential to address community needs.
- 02Deploy
PIN connects portfolio companies with communities where solutions can be tested and used in real-world settings.
- 03Prove and grow
Communities gain access to research, technology, and implementation support to solve local challenges and strengthen economic opportunity. Companies gain evidence, technical assistance, early customers, and talent capacity to grow. Emerging talent gains paid experience on consequential projects.
- 04Reinvest
Financial returns stay in the PIN system and support new investments and initiatives. Learning, relationships, and community capacity strengthen each cycle.
Returns help finance the next investments and initiatives.
The PIN difference: one contribution can advance innovation, build community capacity, create paid opportunities for talent, and seed future investment.
Impact
Results at a glance.
Since launch
330+
Projects advanced
170+
Counties across 9 states and Washington, DC
5x
Total project value generated for every $1 PIN invests directly
12
National and international awards earned by PIN and its projects
Investment Portfolio Highlights
Applied diagnostics
25
AI-enabled diagnostic scans across public assets and roadway corridors
Revenue
$640,000
Revenue generated
Additional funding
$500,000
Additional funding and investments secured
PIN’s portfolio has provided applied AI-enabled diagnostics to 25 public buildings and roadway corridors across Georgia, including municipal facilities in Savannah, college buildings in Augusta, and high-risk roadways in Bartow, Paulding, and Gwinnett counties.
The resulting assessments give local governments and institutions actionable data to prioritize maintenance, improve energy efficiency and safety, and guide capital investments.
This approach helps communities protect critical assets while reducing long-term costs and risks.
The Invitation
Invest in Community Growth.
Your contribution to the PIN Evergreen Fund helps research-driven solutions reach communities, supports entrepreneurship and paid talent pathways, and builds lasting economic value.
