AWARE INC /MA/

Aware, Inc. develops biometric identity verification and authentication software. The company offers software frameworks, platforms, software development kits, and application programming interfaces that process physiological identifiers, including fingerprints, faces, irises, and voices. Its major offerings comprise AwareSDK for mobile authentication, AwareABIS for large-scale database matching, the AFIX suite for law enforcement forensics, the Awareness Platform for data management workflows, and WebEnroll for browser enrollment. It also provides medical imaging compression software alongside engineering and maintenance services. Aware serves public sector clients for border management, criminal justice, and national security, as well as commercial enterprises for customer verification, credentialing, and logical access control.

Aware markets its products globally through systems integrators, equipment manufacturers, resellers, and direct sales. The company operates from its headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, and employs 80 personnel throughout the United States, including 57 in Massachusetts and 23 across other states.

Summary of the business section of Aware's latest annual report, written by StockData.

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“As of December 31, 2025, we employed 80 people, all based in the U.S., including 45 in engineering and research, 21 in sales and marketing, and 14 in finance and administration.”