Bringing AI to Washington: Capiro on The SoCal Edge
Jordan and Neo join Art Dicker on The SoCal Edge to talk about building AI for government affairs, and why the work is still deeply human.
Capiro Joins Anthropic's Claude for Startups Program and Claude Founder House
Capiro has been accepted into Anthropic's Claude for Startups program and Claude Founder House during SF Tech Week.
Why Lobbying Needs a Back Office, Not Another ToolWhy Lobbying Needs a Back Office, Not Another Tool
The front office of lobbying is human. The back office is the work behind it. Why firms need a back office that carries that work, and how to tell a real one from a tool with AI added.
A Dot on a Map Is Not a Strategy: Meet Capiro’s District NexusA Dot on a Map Is Not a Strategy: Meet Capiro’s District Nexus
District Nexus turns client footprint, federal spending, policy relevance and relationship context into district-level intelligence your team can actually use
Capiro Joins the PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Program Accelerator
Capiro has been selected for the PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Program Accelerator in San Antonio.
Infrastructure for Modern AdvocacyInfrastructure for Modern Advocacy
The best advocacy work is invisible when it works, which makes it hard to prove and easy to lose. The firms pulling ahead are turning it into infrastructure that compounds.
Raw Meri Output: The Executive Memo Generated After the Fauci HearingRaw Meri Output: The Executive Memo Generated After the Fauci Hearing
No manual rewrite, no analyst cleanup: this is the initial memo Meri produced from Capiro’s Live Hearing Watch.
Capiro Joins NVIDIA Inception
Capiro has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program designed to support startups building and scaling advanced AI products.
Zero to $15 BillionZero to $15 Billion
Earmarks vanished in 2025 and came back bigger than ever in 2026. Who actually won is not what most people assume, and the record is scattered across PDFs no one can read at once.
The Tariff Fight Has a Deadline NowThe Tariff Fight Has a Deadline Now
A Supreme Court ruling took away the executive’s tariff tool and put the whole trade fight on a 150-day congressional clock. The filings show an industry changing venues in real time.
Jeff J. Burton Joins Capiro as a Strategic Advisor
Jeff J. Burton, President and Co-Founder of Maven Advocacy Partners and former House leadership staffer, joins Capiro as a Strategic Advisor.
Building a Defense Money GraphBuilding a Defense Money Graph
What I learned trying to map how money actually moves through the defense ecosystem
The Moat Keeps Moving DownThe Moat Keeps Moving Down
In AI, every capability becomes a buyable feature eventually. Advantage does not vanish, it sinks to the layer no one can buy, and that is the only layer worth building on.
The Laundry Doesn't Fold ItselfThe Laundry Doesn't Fold Itself
AI handed everyone better intel. The gap now is what you do with it.
The Secret Sauce: Institutional MemoryThe Secret Sauce: Institutional Memory
AI is not the secret sauce. Institutional memory is. The quiet infrastructure behind every great government affairs team.
The Work Nobody CountsThe Work Nobody Counts
Every government-backed win is the end of a chain of work almost nobody sees, and that work, not the money, is where the leverage sits.
Capiro Joins Deepgram for Startups
Capiro has been accepted into Deepgram for Startups, bringing voice AI to the way government affairs teams capture and use conversations.
Capiro Comes Out of Stealth: The AI Back Office for Lobbyists
Today we are announcing the launch of Capiro, the AI back office for lobbyists, founded by Marine Corps veterans Neo Martinez and Jordan Clayton.
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