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Invest in AI and the Future of Freedom
Citizen Portal and Open the Books have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership to build the most complete public accountability record ever assembled.
Open the Books captures what government spends.
Citizen Portal uses AI to capture what government says and makes it actionable.
Together, we are creating Project Aqueduct — a new AI-powered civic intelligence platform designed to make government radically more transparent, searchable, and understandable.
Why This Matters
For decades, public accountability has been fragmented.
Government meetings happen in thousands of cities every day. Budgets, contracts, and decisions are scattered across disconnected systems. Citizens, journalists, watchdogs, and even policymakers lack the tools to see the full picture.
Artificial intelligence changes that.
Citizen Portal is building the intelligence layer that transforms millions of hours of government meetings into searchable public knowledge — revealing patterns, promises, policy shifts, and decisions at scale.
Combined with Open the Books' unmatched government spending database, Project Aqueduct creates something that has never existed before:
A living record of what government says and what government does.
Why Investors Are Paying Attention
- Massive untapped public-sector data market
- Proprietary civic AI datasets unavailable anywhere else
- Strategic partnership with one of the most recognized government accountability organizations in America
- AI infrastructure with national scale potential
- Positioned at the intersection of AI, media, transparency, and civic technology
- Expanding demand for trusted public-data intelligence tools
Citizen Portal is not building another media company.
We are building the foundational AI platform for public accountability.



Read the Essay
A look at why AI will fundamentally reshape governance, transparency, and the relationship between citizens and institutions.

Read the essay
The End of Politics as Usual
By Paul Allen, Founder & CEO of Citizen Portal
The Opportunity
Citizen Portal is currently opening a $3M SAFE round for accredited investors interested in the future of AI-powered civic infrastructure.
We believe the next decade will produce entirely new categories of intelligence companies built around public data.
Citizen Portal intends to lead that category.
For Accredited Investors
If you are interested in learning more about the round, partnership strategy, product roadmap, or long-term vision:
Request to schedule a conversation with Founder & CEO Paul Allen.
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