Business & Tech
Seven Corners-Based Company Expanding Headquarters
A consulting startup founded in 2020 that employs people of differing abilities and veterans is expanding in Seven Corners.
SEVEN CORNERS, VA — A company based in the Seven Corners area will expand its headquarters and create 117 new jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's office announced Wednesday.
Enabled Intelligence, Inc., located just outside the City of Falls Church at 6400 Arlington Boulevard, will add over 10,000 square feet of classified and unclassified office space. The project is a $1.4 million investment by the company, a consultant that provides secure data labeling and artificial intelligence. The consultant serves government and commercial clients.
"We are excited to expand our operations here in Virginia," said Peter Kant, CEO of Enabled Intelligence. "Our Fairfax County home is close to our federal customers, and we are able to draw on the highly qualified Virginia workforce of high-tech, neurodiverse professionals and military veterans."
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Founded in October 2020 as a startup, Enabled Intelligence, Inc. specializes in creating accurate data labeling, training and testing data sets, and building artificial intelligence technologies for defense, intelligence, law enforcement, other key U.S. government missions, including classified programs. Employees work with different forms of data, such as satellite imagery, radar, text, speech, audio, video and more. The company's workforce includes veterans, people with differing abilities and subject matter experts.
"The greater Falls Church area is home to an exceptionally talented workforce that includes residents with the unique profile companies that work on sensitive technologies and projects are looking for," said Del. Marcus Simon, who represents part of the Falls Church area in the Virginia House of Delegates. "With the number of former military and intelligence community federal employees who continue to make their home in our area, it's no surprise that Enabled chose Falls Church for this significant expansion of classified space."
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The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority to secure the company's expansion. The job expansion will be supported by the state-funded Virginia Jobs Investment Program, which provides consulting and funding to companies creating new jobs to support recruitment and training.
"Accelerating the transition of start-ups is one of my administration’s goals, and the expansion of businesses such as Enabled Intelligence in Fairfax County is key to our economic development strategy," said Youngkin in a statement. "We are proud to support this homegrown Virginia business and remain committed to fostering a business climate and training a workforce that supports our corporate partners of all sizes."
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