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About Abstract

We set out with one goal to increase government transparency

Abstract was founded in 2020 to increase government transparency. We translate complex policy into clear, actionable intelligence for the teams that need it most.

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2020
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$9.8M
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Our Story

Abstract was founded in 2020 with a singular goal: increase government transparency. What began as an R&D engineering project at Loyola Marymount University has evolved into a VC-backed AI company with teams in New York and Los Angeles.

For five years, our founding team worked closely with lobbyists, legislators, and public policy professionals to build an AI-powered bill tracker for California. That work revealed a deeper problem: making sense of legislation, not just tracking it.

Today, Abstract partners with Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 200 firms to deliver real-time, contextualized policy intelligence — helping legal, compliance, and government affairs teams understand exactly what regulatory shifts mean for their organizations.

Our Team

A team passionate about bridging the gap between technology, government, and democracy.

Patrick Utz

Co-Founder & CEO

Matthew Chang

Co-Founder & COO

Alan Feuerlein

Chief Technology Officer

Eddy Moon

Head of Client Solutions

Rose Kiefer

Growth Strategy & Operations Lead

Sooné Salih

Head of Business Development

Bryant McArthur

Machine Learning Engineer

Rob Merrell

Senior Staff Engineer

Ben Isaksen

Senior Software Engineer

Board & Advisors

Guided by leaders across policy, law, technology, and venture capital.

Cynthia Guerrero

Founder / CEO, (CG)² Strategies, LLC

Mark Mullen

Co-Founder & MD, Bonfire Ventures

Rex McArthur

AI Research Scientist, You.com

Kimberly Gold

Former General Counsel, HITRUST

Jack Brody

Former Director of Product, Snapchat

Nicole Thompson

Former Sr. Director, Growth & Partnerships, Onna

Bijan Mehryar

Global Public Policy Lead, Block

Lauren Scott-Phillips

SVP, Ready Set Food

Dan Malgran

VP Marketing, Steno

Pooja Sachdeva

Former Senior Marketer, OpenSlate

Alan LeFort

Former Chief Strategy Officer, McAfee

Ted Ko

Executive Director, Energy Policy Design Institute

Alon Shwartz

Co-Founder & CPO, Trellis

Ryan Kelly

VP Marketing & Communications, Virgin Hyperloop

Mohammed Hayat

Co-Founder, Abstract

Different backgrounds, different solutions.

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