Can AI revive democracy? Former Amazon product manager builds tool to spark civic engagement A former Amazon product manager is using AI to turn dense city council agendas and meeting minutes into plain-language briefings, with alerts tuned to each user’s interests, aiming to inspire people to show up to local government meetings. Read More
Seattle entrepreneur stirs up controversy with new candidate-vetting tool Alignvote A new app designed to match voters with candidates whose values they share has become a lightning rod in an… Read More
Which candidates do you align with? Seattle startup vet provides answers with new matchmaking site “You can’t really Google, ‘Which candidates most align with me on transit and zoning tradeoffs?’ So said Steve Murch, a… Read More
