The rules for AI are being written.
We help AI companies and the infrastructure behind them protect and expand their license to operate, shaping the policy, regulation, and public debate that will decide it.
Two sides of one industry, both moving faster than the rules that govern them.
Native AI
Model developers and applied-AI companies, from open-model labs to platforms built for regulated sectors like health and law, operating ahead of the rules that will define them.
AI Infrastructure
Data centers and the power behind them, working siting, energy, and the local approvals that decide whether, and how fast, a project gets built.
Track record
Shape the public affairs and communications strategy for an AI-native company in a regulated sector.
Advise a developer of open-source AI models on the policy landscape shaping the debate.
Helped develop the regulatory path for an emerging-tech company in the financial sector.
Built the first-of-their-kind regulatory structure for a new, federally contested industry.
Led successful state and local ballot campaigns for new and emerging industries.
Helped scale an emerging-industry startup into a $1.8 billion public company.
Companies under political and regulatory pressure need to write the rules before they're written for them.
What we do.
Strategic communications
Narrative, positioning, issues management, and crisis response for companies operating under political and public scrutiny.
Government relations
Strategy and counsel for engaging legislators, regulators, and agencies at the federal, state, and local levels, where the decisions that shape your business are made.
Regulatory and policy strategy
Shaping and navigating the rules for AI as they form, and building the regulatory readiness you need to move with confidence rather than react.
Coalition building and community engagement
Coalitions, grasstops and grassroots support, and the community engagement that clears siting, local approval, and organized opposition.
Public-sector growth and procurement
Strategy for government adoption, procurement, and the emerging federal frameworks that determine how AI is bought and used in the public sector.
Adam Goers
adam@aipa-partners.comAdam helps companies grow and scale through uncertainty, scrutiny, and change. He works across emerging and heavily regulated industries to design and implement policy frameworks that align innovation with regulation, advising on regulatory risk and stakeholder engagement in environments of intense political and public scrutiny. He was a longtime senior advisor to Governor Martin O'Malley, and helped lead the Democratic Governors Association. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School.
He is a founding partner in a first-of-its-kind, patented, SEC-registered digital asset. Earlier, he spent a decade building and leading one of the largest corporate affairs functions in a new, heavily regulated industry, scaling it from startup to a $1.8 billion IPO and beyond.
Emily Pollard
emily@aipa-partners.comEmily supports client engagement, with a focus on community debates and stakeholder engagement. She translates complex policy questions into terms that communities, coalitions, and the public can weigh and act on.