Public Sector

Public Sector

State and local governments provide critical services to our communities, such as roads, power, water, parks, emergency services and education. This sector represents one of the largest software markets in the country. We are passionate about bringing modern tech to solve our society's most difficult public sector challenges in government and education.

Government

Governments too often employ legacy technologies that are expensive to run, challenging to administer and frustrating for citizens to use. We believe that modern solutions unlock extraordinary benefits for our nation’s public servants and citizens. Flexible, efficient, cloud-based software enables easier access to essential services and provides greater government transparency and accountability, while avoiding inefficient, manual processes like paper filing. Our investment in this technology is already accelerating the adoption of better government software and improving the lives of citizens.

Government
OpenGov

OpenGov

OpenGov has led this important transformation by building the leading modern, cloud-based software platform for state and local governments. Their software tools enable public servants to revolutionize how they budget, plan and procure, and ultimately, how they deliver important citizen services and engage with their communities.

One of the most difficult challenges governments face today is how to maintain their aging critical infrastructure – such as roads, utilities, parks, fleets and thousands of other assets – as the nation faces a multi-trillion-dollar investment gap. In 2022, Cox Enterprises made a major investment in OpenGov to fund their acquisition of Cartegraph, a software platform that improves the operations of these essential assets to create safer, more resilient and sustainable communities. By combining Cartegraph’s capabilities with OpenGov’s platform, Cox is helping to power the next generation of efficient and accountable government.

Carbyne

Cox Enterprises has invested in Carbyne, a company revolutionizing how citizens engage with emergency services across the country. By building the first cloud-native 911 communications platform, Carbyne allows callers to easily share critical video, text, location and other lifesaving data with dispatchers and first responders. Their software improves the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency operations, reducing response times and ultimately saving lives.

Carbyne
Education

Education

Education is another key public sector market with local school districts teaching 50M students each year. However, COVID left teachers and administrators overwhelmed, and student test scores demonstrate historic academic lows. We believe that more streamlined, classroom experiences enable teachers to do what they do best and can have a dramatic positive impact on student outcomes. We invest in high-quality, data-driven education solutions with a track record of driving student success and creating better insights for teachers and administrators.

Amplify

In May 2023, Cox announced an investment in education technology pioneer, Amplify. The funding is expected to accelerate Amplify’s growth in delivering high-quality, digital-forward instructional programs to K-12 schools. The company delivers its products and services to over half a million teachers, serves close to a third of U.S. K-8 students and is a market leader in literacy and science. Amplify creates core and supplemental curriculum, assessment and intervention programs for today’s students. Its K-12 product portfolio combines evidence-based instruction with digital-forward delivery to help teachers celebrate and extend their students’ thinking, knowledge, and skills. 

Enhancing early childhood education has been a long-time focus of the James M. Cox Foundation, and it is also a pillar of our 34by34 social goal to help 34 million people live more prosperous lives. It also ties directly to our Purpose of building a better future for the next generation. This investment in edtech will demonstrate our commitment to investing in high-quality, data-driven education solutions.

Amplify

Partner Spotlight

Zachary Bookman

Zachary Bookman

CEO, OpenGov
Amir Elichai

Amir Elichai

Founder and CEO, Carbyne
Larry Berger

Larry Berger

CEO & Founder, Amplify
Catherine Mackay

Catherine Mackay

President & COO, Amplify

Zachary Bookman

CEO, OpenGov

"With this acquisition, we are bringing together two incredible, mission-driven teams to meet the needs of the public sector, now and for the future."

Amir Elichai

Founder and CEO, Carbyne

"With this new funding our main investment aims are to expand in the U.S., establish a solid partner program to target the opportunity globally we don’t sell directly and to put more investment in R&D."

Larry Berger

CEO & Founder, Amplify

"The investment from Cox will support Amplify in continuing to expand the breadth and depth of its K-12 product portfolio, which distinctly combines high-quality, evidence-based instruction with digital-forward delivery to help teachers celebrate and extend their students’ thinking, knowledge, and skills."

Catherine Mackay

President & COO, Amplify

"We look forward to Amplify's future growth while ensuring that we elevate K-12 instruction and have as much impact as we can."