About us

A public benefit company, on purpose.

We exist to make technology accountable — to the public interest, to human communities, and to a kind of value creation that puts people first.

Our mission

Public interest technology is about people, processes, workflows, resources, and the ecosystem that builds and governs technology in the public's interest. Software is one output of that mission — not its purpose.

Why a public benefit company

A PBC is legally committed to its public mission, not only to shareholder return. That lets us serve industry and the public without the two being at odds — and lets us say no to work that would betray either. The structure is a promise you can hold us to.

Why Washington, DC

We sit where policy, government, and civil society meet — close to the institutions whose technology shapes the most lives.

Leadership

Dr. Sylvester A. Johnson

Chief Executive Officer · Founding team

Our founding CEO. Held the 2024 Kluge Chair in Technology and Society at the Library of Congress. Professor of Black Studies at Northwestern University. Previously led public-interest-technology efforts at Virginia Tech.