Josh Penner for Inquisio.AI
Building the AI-Powered Solution to Solve Government’s Information Problem
We Help the Public Access Government Data in Moments
Hello Friends and Supporters!
Welcome to the new year! I hope your holidays were fabulous and you're charging into 2024.
Back in the Marines, we'd talk about a "frost call." That being the call to action after some extended break. Think imagery of frost accumulating and then being shaken off vigorously.
This is our 2024 frost call.
2024 is going to be a stellar year for Inquisio. In the first week alone, we've added two more contract pilot agreements and engaged dozens of cities via networks and relationships we established last year.
For those of you attending the Techstars Demo Day next week, I look forward to seeing you there. For those who won't be there, schedule some time to talk about Inquisio's journey this year. Let's commit to continuing our conversations and growing together.
~Josh
CEO, Inquisio.AI
Investors/Customers/Vendors?
Let's Talk: https://calendly.com/inquisio/talk
Beta Testing/Dev Pilot in Hand: 6 cities
Stay tuned! We'll be announcing our pre-seed fundraising round very shortly. If you want to know more, let's talk: https://calendly.com/inquisio/talk
Network Building: ~50 city managers, clerks, recorders, elected, and decision-makers showed up for the latest AI in Local Government Network meeting in January. Our friend, an assistant City Manager - founder of Civic.AI, and author of a letter of interest, Micah has done a great job pulling this together. We were thrilled at the opportunity to support his network's growth. 
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Demo Day: Lens, our foundational product, is getting closer to ready for demo day. I hope to see you next week. 
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Interviews: Make sure to catch us on the Live in the Lab with Keith Bilous podcast. Keith is a stellar host, and we spend a great deal of time digging deep into my/our motivations at Inquisio! 
Data scraping. Is that a bad word? Let's say, we need to talk to someone that is either looking to sell services or join a team.. that has a data mining background.
UI/UX. Recommendations?
Reported Cost of Selected Cities for Managing and Retaining Records:
Bellevue, WA: $928,207
Bothell, WA: $463,165
Redmond, WA: $864,186
Kirkland, WA: $4,433,773
Issaquah, WA: $730,743
Bainbridge Island, WA: $536,125
Renton, WA: $316,733
Seattle, WA: $12,112,550
Auburn, WA: $672,232
Tacoma, WA: $653,624
Source: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jlarc/viz/2021-Metric14/Maindashboard
$30,000: Grant $ available to WA state jurisdictions that want to implement a technological solution to some aspect of their information access challenge (records processes). (https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/RecordsManagement/Local-Records-Grant-Program.aspx)