Demtech / Products

Products that put people inside the decisions that affect their lives.

One platform is live today. The rest are labelled honestly, because a roadmap presented as a product line is just a nicer way of misleading people.

1 live2 in development2 exploring ModularWhite-labelMulti-market
Live today

BeCause — the mobilisation layer.

Live platform

BeCause

A modular, white-label platform for organisations that mobilise people around public-interest issues — campaigns and actions, communications, member relationships, decision-maker targeting, fundraising and analytics, connected rather than stitched together.

  • Modular — adopt one capability, not a monolith
  • White-label — people see your organisation, not a vendor
  • Multi-market — constituencies and consent regimes vary; it flexes
  • Decision-maker aware — representatives modelled, not bolted on
  • Participation analytics — quality of engagement, not raw traffic
What comes next

Four things we want to build, and where each honestly stands.

In development means work is underway. Exploring means we are still establishing whether we are the right people to build it.

In development

Legislation people can actually read

Laws and bills are almost all public, and almost all inaccessible — written in a register that takes training to parse. Formal availability is not access.

In development

Governance, demystified

Most people cannot name the body that decides the thing they care about, or the moment input is still possible. That is an information problem, not apathy.

  • Maps of decision-making bodies and what each controls
  • Where an issue sits in the process right now
  • The realistic points of leverage, including the closed ones
  • Explanations pitched at people, not policy professionals
Exploring

Cultivating leadership

People-powered democracy needs people willing to lead it. That pipeline is thin, informal and biased toward those who already had access.

  • Curriculum from people who have done the work
  • Peer networks that cross local gatekeeping
  • Accountability pointed at the community, not a party
Exploring

Deliberation at population scale

The capability underneath the rest: taking a real question to a large population and returning an honest picture of what they think — including where they disagree.

  • Contribution in people’s own words and languages
  • Clustering that preserves the minority position
  • Divergence reported as clearly as agreement
  • Methods and limits published, so the output can be challenged
Turning a published bill into something people can read and act onFive steps: the bill as published, a plain-language version, what it changes against current law, who is affected, and how and by when to respond.From published to actually readableBillas publishedPlain languagewhat it saysWhat changesagainst current lawWho is affectedconcretelyHow to respondand by whenIn development
How we build

Narrow and honest beats broad and decorative.

01 / MODULAR Adoptable in pieces

Nobody should replace their whole stack to try one useful thing.

02 / ACCOUNTABLE AI with a person in the loop

Where AI touches something consequential, the output is reviewable and contestable.

03 / PORTABLE More than one system

Legal traditions and languages differ. We design for that rather than assuming a default country.

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