HavenKey

Safety that doesn't wait for you to act.
Passive distress detection: before danger becomes obvious.

The Problem

Most safety apps depend on a girl deciding the danger is bad enough to escalate, then unlocking her phone, opening an app, and pressing a button. In the moments that matter most, that sequence is impossible. Existing wearables are reactive, conspicuous, and dependent on user initiation, which fails exactly when protection is needed most.

 

The Solution

HavenKey is an AI-enabled wearable that performs continuous distress detection through multimodal sensor fusion, analyzing voice biomarkers, motion and accelerometer data, and physiological signals such as heart rate variability, without requiring a panic button or an unlocked phone.

How It Works

The classification model correlates voice, motion, and heart rate simultaneously, because danger rarely shows up in just one signal.

01

Sensor Data Collection

HavenKey continuously reads accelerometer, gyroscope, pressure, GPS, and ambient audio, passively, with no user interaction required.

02

ML Pattern Recognition

A Python-based classification pipeline fuses sensor data across time windows, stress-tested against adversarial false-positive scenarios including erratic motion, elevated heart rate from exercise, and loud ambient environments.

03

Risk Evaluation & Alert

When confirmed distress is detected, HavenKey dispatches a precise GPS alert with distress coordinates to trusted contacts and emergency services within seconds, with a subtle vibration confirming dispatch.

Validated by peers, competitions, and global institutions.

  • Top 350 of 12,784+ submissions (top 3% internationally), the world's most prestigious student pitch competition

    Blue Ocean Competition

  • Selected as 1 of 4,000 Millennium Fellows from 60,000+ applicants, connected to UN gender equity frameworks

    UN Academic Impact

  • National Honorable Mention, placing in the top 400 of 3,700+ applicants nationwide

    NCWIT Aspirations in Computing

  • Top 30 for the International Children's Peace Prize, the world's most prestigious youth prize ($125K+)

    KidsRights International

  • Top 65 internationally, top 5 for SDG 5 (Gender Equality), validating relevance to global equity goals

    SDG Global Citizens Challenge

  • Expert input from ROAR (Philadelphia femtech company) and Penn electrical engineering professors on AI architecture

    ROAR & Penn Engineering

A $120B market with no proactive AI solution.

$120B

TAM · Wearable Safety Market

Total addressable market across all personal safety wearables, mobile apps, and emergency alert systems globally.

$32B

SAM · Women 18–35 & Institutions

College students, working women, and university/NGO institutional safety partners in served geographies.

$450-600M

SOM · D2C & NGO Channels

Obtainable via direct-to-consumer and NGO distribution, anchored by the G.I.R.L.S. pilot network across 17 countries.

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