Outpost.
Bringing emerging AI-policy questions to the people working on them.
During the 2026 U.S. general election, Outpost is speaking with candidates and campaign staff about where AI is showing up in their communities. The goal is to understand what questions are being raised, which ones feel hardest to answer, and connect those questions with people working on them.
How this works
Some of the hardest AI-policy questions campaigns encounter aren't hard because no one is working on them. They're hard because the people encountering the problem and the people working on it don't usually meet.
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Listen to campaigns
Short conversations with candidates and policy staff about what they are seeing in their communities and what they are being asked to answer.
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Find what repeats
We look for questions that come up in more than one place, especially where campaigns are struggling to find useful expertise or practical answers.
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Connect the right people
When a recurring question matches someone working on it, we make an introduction or convene a small group to exchange what they know.
Current Outpost · 2026 General Election
AI on the Campaign Trail
AI policy looks different from outside Washington. We are asking candidates what they are hearing from constituents, schools, local institutions, and small businesses — and which problems they think are not getting enough attention.
Some conversations stay private
Not everything we learn belongs online. Some conversations inform introductions, small briefings, or working groups. Others are edited and published with the participant’s permission. Nothing is published without permission.
Better coordination can produce better institutions.
Sometimes the person encountering a problem and the person working on the answer simply don’t know each other. Outpost tries to change that.