Building for the Underdog

When we set out to build the Inferred Mind platform, we weren’t backed by unicorn-size budgets or armies of engineers. We were a handful of people with deep political and technical chops, pushing AI into the hands of underfunded campaigns. In an era dominated by billion-dollar platforms, we proved you can move faster, listen closer, and innovate harder with a small, dedicated team. I trusted my CEO and he didn't let me down.

What we were able to build was simply put the worlds best campaign-in-a-box for political and crisis management campaigns of all kinds. We spent 2024 in politics and was able to work with groups that I never thought I'd have access to. An industry barely understanding the power of digital agents and automation. The idea that you can do more with software than you can do with a thousand people knocking on doors to get the word out. That intrigues me and still does as I look forward to building something on my own where I can call the shots.

Here is a break down of public facing information about the Agora and Hadrian platform and what a small team built in less than a year for just the lunchroom budget of a typical WeWork.

The Agora Platform: Campaign-in-a-Box

Agora bundles every piece of a modern media operation into one dashboard. No stitching together vendors—just configure, launch, and scale:

• Daily Brief: Real-time monitoring of social, news & web chatter around your campaign, opponents, and key issues.
• Create: Auto-generate tweets, press releases, fundraising emails, and landing page copy in the candidate’s own tone.
• Personas: Preview your messaging against AI-modeled voter segments—test for persuasion, alignment, and turnout impact.
• Sentiment Analysis: Gauge how your audience reacts day to day, with alerts on spikes or dips in support. Not a replacement for polling but supplimental and well suited for small races where every dollar matters.

With Agora, campaigns get a full-stack “campaign in a box” that can be up and running in hours, not weeks.

Powered by Hadrian: The Secret Sauce

Behind every insight in Agora is Hadrian—our high-throughput data harvester and inference engine. Hadrian glues together thousands of news sources, social feeds, and public records, then applies proprietary AI models to:

• Detect emerging narratives and viral trends
• Score voter sentiment on every message
• Fuel our election prediction engine with up-to-the-minute signals

That backend sophistication happens behind the scenes—so campaign teams see only clear, actionable guidance.

Case Study: AI-Powered Election Predictions

In 2024, we published our Senate race forecasts via Arweave—providing a tamper-proof record of every prediction. Using Hadrian’s continuous sentiment feed, we accurately predicted 95% of close races and flagged late-breaking shifts before traditional polls did.

Highlights:

• On-chain timestamped PDF uploads for full transparency
• Daily probability swings based on real-time voter sentiment
• Post-election report card showed 200% better predictions than the last published 538 polls across many polling companies and races across the country

Why This Matters: The Content Machine Reality

Data shows top campaigns publish:

• 40+ social posts per month
• Dozens of website updates each cycle
• Near-daily fundraising emails

Most down-ballot teams simply can’t staff that volume. Agora + Hadrian bridges the gap—letting small teams punch above their weight.

Customer-Driven Development

We built Inferred Mind iteratively with direct feedback from campaign teams. I personally led demos, onboarded every early customer, and turned their pain points into weekly feature releases. The result:

• Out-messaged better-funded opponents
• Spotted viral trends hours before they broke
• Boosted fundraising conversion with A/B-tested copy

Small Team, Big Impact

In a world of unicorn valuations and sprawling teams, our secret was focus. A tight-knit group of experts moved faster than anyone expected, blending product leadership with political strategy. We proved that the right vision—and the right backend engine—can level the playing field for underdogs everywhere. Will work with them together again down the road. Gracias.