SXSW Pitch is a platform that allows early-stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high-profile media personnel, and venture capitalists/angel investors.

Smart Cities, Transportation & Sustainability Technologies create and advance smart cities and/or enhance sustainable practices by providing services and products for local environments, which include buildings, neighborhoods, communities, and public spaces. These innovations may find applications in sustainability, climate change, renewable power sources, real estate development, transportation, tourism, logistics, product delivery, autonomous vehicles, ridesharing, infrastructure, utilities, public works, security, population data, government and civic services, urban planning and design, waste management and recycling, water management and conservation, green building, air quality monitoring and pollution control, disaster resilience and emergency management, and more.

The Smart Cities, Transportation & Sustainability Technology category winner will be announced at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Salon H on the 6th floor of the Hilton Austin Hotel.

Also, attendees can make face-to-face connections with all 70+ SXSW Pitch finalists for 2025 at the special “Meet the Finalists” event on Monday, March 10, at 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Griffin Hall on the 2nd floor of the JW Marriott.

FINALISTS

Carbon Negative Solutions
Portland, OR

Carbon Negative Solutions remediates air and ground pollution for industrial companies, converting these waste streams into carbon-negative cement supplements (SCMs).
Helix Earth
Houston, TX

Helix Earth is adapting tech we created for NASA space missions to build a retrofit device that improves commercial rooftop AC efficiency and lowers your power bill by up to 50%.

Importal
Austin, TX

Importal is an AI-powered trade compliance platform that empowers companies to seamlessly and compliantly import goods into the United States.

SLY
San Francisco, CA

SLY is an emissions monitoring platform for real-time, continuous environmental sensing over vast, remote assets.

Tern AI
Austin, TX

Tern AI is building the future of positioning, where figuring out where we are doesn’t require a trip to space.

ALTERNATES

Emobi
San Francisco, CA

Emobi is the leading EV charging digital infrastructure that delivers a single point of integration to a vast network of charging stations and e-mobility partners through its advanced AI and data refinement models.

Sluicebox
San Francisco, CA

Building the technical infrastructure to accelerate the green transition for the $2T electronic value chain.

Velo AI
Pittsburgh, PA

Our mission at Velo AI is to improve road safety by addressing the alarming surge in bicyclist fatalities and injuries over the past decade.