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GLASS Transforming how governments buy, pay, and move public dollars at scale. Revolutionizing How Governments Buy with Pioneering G-Commerce.

Glass is a Silicon Valley e-Commerce startup revolutionizing how governments buy. Our pioneering product —G-Commerce— powers government marketplaces for small purchases without bids, an $800 Billion market in the U.S. and $3.7 Trillion globally. We’ve helped government agencies procure over 5.8 million items in record time and have been featured on Bloomberg News, shortlisted in SXSW's Top 5 Startup of the Year, and ranked in GovCIO's Top 10 GovTech Startups. Learn more about our government marketplaces at www.gcommerce.glass

Three years ago, our first billboard went up in Times Square. 🗽“Pioneering E-Commerce for Governments.”That was the visi...
10/16/2026

Three years ago, our first billboard went up in Times Square. 🗽

“Pioneering E-Commerce for Governments.”

That was the vision. In many ways, that moment marked the beginning of a much bigger journey.

We set out to modernize how government buys the supplies and products it needs to keep its missions running, making everyday purchasing simpler for agencies and more accessible for suppliers.

Since then, our team has grown, our product has evolved, and our work has expanded across government and higher education, from Puerto Rico to Mexico to communities across the U.S.

Three years ago, we were putting that vision on a billboard. Today, we’re building the next generation of government commerce.

With our upgraded platform for the U.S. federal government, we’re taking another step toward a future of on-demand, agentic commerce, where technology helps government buyers get the right products to the people who need them.

We’re proud of how far we’ve come, and even more excited about what’s ahead.

Looking back on SF Tech Week, one thing is clear: the future of AI in government will depend on more than the technology...
10/14/2026

Looking back on SF Tech Week, one thing is clear: the future of AI in government will depend on more than the technology itself. It will depend on how effectively government can put it to work.

Last week, Glass Founder & CEO Paola Santana and Eddie Li, our Federal Marketplace Lead, attended events across San Francisco, doubling down on conversations around Government AI and the future of GovTech.

The week included meetings with our investors, including Newtopia VC, and time with fellow portfolio company founders at Salesforce Tower, our San Francisco headquarters.

As AI capabilities advance, government faces important questions: How do agencies adopt these tools responsibly? How do they procure the right solutions? And how do they turn new capabilities into real operational outcomes?

Innovation only goes so far if the infrastructure needed to implement it isn’t there. At Glass, we’re building that infrastructure to modernize government commerce and public finance.

We’re grateful to our investors, fellow founders, and the broader tech community for a week of meaningful conversations. Excited to keep building alongside the people shaping what’s next for GovTech. 🚀

Looking back on SF Tech Week, one thing is clear: the future of AI in government will depend on more than the technology...
10/14/2026

Looking back on SF Tech Week, one thing is clear: the future of AI in government will depend on more than the technology itself. It will depend on how effectively government can put it to work.

Last week, Glass Founder & CEO Paola Santana and Eddie Li, our Federal Marketplace Lead and Director of Marketplace, attended events across San Francisco, doubling down on conversations around Government AI and the future of GovTech.

The week also brought opportunities to meet with our investors, including Newtopia VC, and connect with fellow portfolio company founders at Salesforce Tower, our San Francisco headquarters. From investor meetings to conversations with founders building across the technology ecosystem, it was a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and explore what’s next.

As AI capabilities advance, government faces important questions: How do agencies adopt these tools responsibly? How do they procure the right solutions? And how do they turn new capabilities into real operational outcomes?

These are the challenges that make GovTech such an important part of the broader technology conversation. Innovation only goes so far if the infrastructure needed to implement it isn’t there.

At Glass, we’re building that infrastructure, modernizing government commerce and public finance so agencies can access the tools and solutions they need to move their missions forward.

We’re grateful to our investors, fellow founders, and the broader tech community for a week of meaningful conversations. Excited to keep building alongside the people shaping what’s next for GovTech. 🚀

Government has mountains of procurement data. The real opportunity is turning it into better decisions.That’s what Glass...
10/09/2026

Government has mountains of procurement data. The real opportunity is turning it into better decisions.

That’s what Glass and Puerto Rico’s Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) set out to do, and it’s now earning recognition. 🏆🇵🇷

The Glass Master Catalog won the Smartest AI Buy Award at the 2026 AI in Action Awards, recognizing a solution that has transformed nearly 300,000 procurement records into actionable data.

The impact so far:
→ 110,318 standardized items
→ 99.2% average AI classification confidence
→ 91.7% faster than manual processing

Today, the solution works behind the scenes across 105 agencies, helping teams improve spend visibility, strengthen compliance, and make more informed purchasing decisions without changing how they work.

Congratulations to Karla Gabriela Mercado, Esq., and the entire ASG team. This is what putting AI to work on real government challenges looks like.

One year with DTRA. 🛡️Last October, we welcomed the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to G-Commerce. One year later...
10/08/2026

One year with DTRA. 🛡️

Last October, we welcomed the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to G-Commerce. One year later, we’re proud to support the teams behind one of the Department of Defense’s most critical national security missions.

DTRA works across the Department of Defense and alongside combatant commands around the world to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive threats.

We’re proud to play a small part in supporting that mission by helping DTRA teams streamline compliant procurement and get the products they need to do their work.

Thank you to the DTRA team for trusting G-Commerce. Here’s to another year of supporting the mission.

One year with DTRA. 🛡️Last October, we welcomed the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to G-Commerce. One year later...
10/08/2026

One year with DTRA. 🛡️

Last October, we welcomed the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to G-Commerce. One year later, we’re proud to support the teams behind one of the Department of Defense’s most critical national security missions.

DTRA works across the Department of Defense and alongside combatant commands around the world to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive threats.

We’re proud to play a small part in supporting that mission by helping DTRA teams streamline compliant procurement and get the products they need to do their work.
Thank you to the DTRA team for trusting G-Commerce. Here’s to another year of supporting the mission. 🛡️

We’re continuing our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration by highlighting Latina leadership, including our own founder an...
10/07/2026

We’re continuing our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration by highlighting Latina leadership, including our own founder and CEO, Paola Santana. 🇩🇴

Born in the Dominican Republic, Paola first worked in law and government before turning to technology to tackle some of the biggest challenges she saw in public systems. She went on to co-found Matternet, a pioneer in drone delivery, where she helped navigate the regulatory challenges of bringing an entirely new technology into the real world. Today, she’s the founder and CEO of Glass, an award-winning GovTech company building AI-powered procurement infrastructure to make public-sector purchasing faster, simpler, and more effective.

And she’s part of a much bigger story.
Today, more than 68 million Latinos live in the United States, representing roughly 20% of the U.S. population. In 2024, U.S. Latinos generated $4.4 trillion in economic output and accounted for 28.2% of U.S. economic growth.
And Latino entrepreneurship continues to accelerate: the latest Stanford research found that Latino-owned businesses doubled their AI adoption between 2024 and 2025, with 26% of surveyed businesses operating in tech-centric industries.

From entrepreneurs and engineers to scientists, public servants, and technology leaders, Latinos are helping shape the future of the country.

This month, we’re proud to celebrate Paola’s leadership, her Dominican roots, and the many contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community.

What does the future of government commerce look like?BriefGlance recently took a closer look at how AI and modern e-com...
10/05/2026

What does the future of government commerce look like?

BriefGlance recently took a closer look at how AI and modern e-commerce are changing public procurement, including the launch of G-Commerce Supplier Experience and our new Supplier API.

The feature explores how technology can make it easier for businesses to sell to government while helping buyers navigate the requirements that make public-sector purchasing different from traditional commerce.

We’re excited to see the evolution of government commerce from both sides of the transaction, and proud to be part of the conversation around what comes next.

Read the full feature from BriefGlance: https://briefglance.com/articles/the-amazonification-of-govtech-ai-rewires-public-procurement

Earlier this week, GSA joined the White House’s National Design Studio in unveiling America.gov, a new digital gateway d...
10/02/2026

Earlier this week, GSA joined the White House’s National Design Studio in unveiling America.gov, a new digital gateway designed to make it easier for Americans to find and navigate government services and information.

Powered by AI-enhanced search, America.gov brings together information from more than 29,000 government websites in one place, giving people a simpler way to access benefits, renew passports, find Social Security information, and navigate the government services they need.

It’s great to see GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst and the GSA team lead an initiative that puts technology to work for the American people by making government information easier to access, understand, and navigate.

We’re proud to partner with GSA through the Commercial Platforms Program, where G-Commerce is one of eight competitively awarded platforms helping modernize how the federal government purchases routine commercial products.

Congratulations to Administrator Forst and the entire GSA team on the launch of America.gov!

Read GSA’s announcement → link in bio.

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