The principal civic question of the next decade is whether a public conversation conducted at scale, mediated by generative systems, can remain a conversation in which citizens, institutions, and the state may take consequential decisions in good faith. The current architecture of public discourse is not, by the firm's reading, equipped to answer this question in the affirmative.
Project Agora is the firm's response. The company is engaged in the design and operation of a new mechanism for trustworthy public discourse — one in which provenance, identity, and consequence are first-order features of the conversation rather than instruments imposed upon it.
Disclosure
The company is positioned as the most consequential operating bet in the firm's portfolio and is held, for that reason, under correspondence-grade disclosure. The architectural premise, the legal posture, the institutional partners, and the operating roadmap are available to qualified parties — investors of standing, prospective principals, and members of the press writing in good faith — upon written request to the office of the partnership.
Why the venture is held under correspondence
- The architectural premise depends, in part, on a competitive position the firm prefers not to telegraph in advance of operation.
- The institutional partners engaged in early conversation have asked for the customary discretion.
- The first public presentation will be made when the operating discipline of the venture warrants it — and not before.
How to inquire
Members of the press, prospective partners, and principals may write to the office of the partnership. Correspondence concerning Project Agora is reviewed personally by the founders.