evan burns

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Co-founder and CEO of State Affairs, a real-time legislative intelligence platform combining on-the-ground journalists with AI knowledge graphs. Previously built and sold Finish Long Drink (consumer goods). Raised $70M from Coastal and Founders Fund.

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State Affairs raises $70M to build real-time legislative knowledge graph for Fortune 100

Policy and regulatory risk now exceeds market risk for most businesses, but legacy government affairs relies on slow PDF reports from lobbyists. State Affairs combines on-the-ground journalists in every state with AI that maps 150 daily data points (bills, hearings, fiscal notes, executive orders) into a knowledge graph modeling policy momentum across jurisdictions, enabling proactive engagement before bills are introduced. Customers include Mastercard, McDonald's, Walmart.

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State Affairs raises $70M to build real-time legislative knowledge graph for Fortune 100
Policy and regulatory risk now exceeds market risk for most businesses, but legacy government affairs relies on slow PDF reports from lobbyists. State Affairs combines on-the-ground journalists in every state with AI that maps 150 daily data points (bills, hearings, fiscal notes, executive orders) into a knowledge graph modeling policy momentum across jurisdictions, enabling proactive engagement before bills are introduced. Customers include Mastercard, McDonald's, Walmart.
"The problem of what everybody is facing before is they've got like lobbyists or like old school data platforms that are often like much slower than real-time information. So you'r…"
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