Eric Sapp

Public Democracy

Public Democracy, Inc. is a data solutions and market intelligence company working to develop better data and more meaningful AI systems that reflect users'​ values, support their priorities, and allow them to better share in the value of their data. Public Democracy's best-in-class Values DataTM provides insight into the core values that motivate Americans to work together and make a difference, such as: justice, family, nurturing children, building community, supporting veterans, and joining others. Public Democracy's Values Data can be modeled across the entire population. We have taught AI very different lessons about human motivations and what matters most, while creating a unique environment for machine learning. Public Democracy has demonstrated the power of its Values Data and AI applications through nationally recognized projects that have supported veterans with severe PTSD; developed groundbreaking tools to help people at the earliest stages of opioid addiction; united unite ideologically diverse communities in support of bipartisan policy solutions; and informed investment strategies in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide through a partnership with the U.S. Census. As a certified B Corp, Public Democracy's corporate mission is to align what is right with what works and to develop better data that reflects users' values, supports their priorities, and allows them to better share in the value of the data they create.