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Approach

Startups and government work in opposite ways. We hold the point where they meet.

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The problem

They look like they're moving in opposite directions.

Founders move fast and break norms. Government moves deliberately and carries the risk. Left alone, they talk past each other.

For founders

Learn how government actually works.

Find the people who can actually move things and pitch a narrative they can back, inside a political timeline.

For government

See how fast tech is moving and how much is at stake.

Why the technology matters, why it won't wait, and why backing it in bespoke ways now beats losing it to another country later.

The meeting point

There's a narrow point where they have to come together.

We call it the national interest. It's where the magic happens and it's where we love to work.

What we do

We hold the point in between.

Back the tech, or lose it. Meet government where it stands. We translate each side to the other until they converge.

Lobbying for the founders government should back.

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