USDOT announces final four in ARPA-I Ideas Challenge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has selected four teams to advance to the finals of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure (ARPA-I) Ideas and Innovation Challenge.

The final four teams are:

• TruNav, LLC, for NavSentinel: A Resilient and Unspoofable GNSS Receiver
• Lacy Greening for Agentic AI for Adaptive and Resilient Middle-Mile Freight Operations
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for PRISM: AI-Powered Platform for Real-Time Intelligence in Shared Mobility
• ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC, for Biologically Innovative Operations for Building Universal Infrastructure with Lean Durable Systems (BIO-BUILDS)

The ARPA-I Ideas Challenge is a two-stage prize competition for innovators from across the private and public sectors to create a portfolio of breakthrough ideas in transportation technology. These ideas will inform the research and development path forward for ARPA-I, USDOT and the transportation sector.

During Stage 1, 15 semi-finalists were selected from 448 submissions from innovators across the country. In Stage 2, the semi-finalists submitted detailed proposals and the Final Four were selected to advance to the ARPA-I Ideas Challenge Finals.

The Finals event will be held on June 24 at USDOT headquarters, where the Final Four will feature their innovative ideas to compete for a share of $700,000 in Stage 2 prizes.

For more information on the Ideas Challenge, including summaries of the innovative ideas from the finalists, visit www.transportation.gov/arpa-i/ideas-challenge or contact ideas.arpa-i@dot.gov