Madison AI
Category: AI in Government / Public Sector
AI knowledge-assistant platform built from local governments' own institutional data to automate staff reports, code/policy research, and administrative workflows. Madison AI was founded in 2024. The company is led by Erica Olsen. Based in Reno, Nevada, United States. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $3.5M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include CreativeCo Capital, BarronKent Ventures (BarronKent Family Office), GovTech Ventures, Tom Spengler, Javier Muniz.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $3.5M
Value proposition
Builds purpose-built AI assistants trained solely on a government agency's own records and enterprise systems, delivering cited, hallucination-resistant answers and drafts for staff reports, procurement, and policy research — saving staff an estimated 5 hours/week.
Products and solutions
Madison AI™ platform: chatbot research assistant for policy/code/voting-record analysis, staff report/memo drafting with citations, RFP/RFQ/RFI drafting, meeting minutes and podcast-style meeting prep, parcel/zoning lookup, contract and procurement analysis, 45+ pre-built agents/workflows.
Unique value
Only AI platform co-founded and co-owned by a local government (Washoe County, NV) as an equity partner, ensuring the product is built directly from government's own institutional data and workflows rather than generic off-the-shelf AI.
Target customer
Local governments — cities, counties, water districts, and other public agencies (administration, planning, procurement, elected officials).
Industries served
GovTech / Public Sector, Local Government Administration
Technology advantage
Built on Microsoft enterprise infrastructure with data-grounded RAG approach — model generates answers only from an agency's own document library/enterprise systems, reducing hallucination risk; deep co-development relationship with Washoe County provides real-world government workflow data most competitors lack.
How they differentiate
Unlike typical GovTech vendors that build a generic product and sell to governments afterward, Madison AI was co-founded and equity-partnered with an actual county (Washoe County) from inception, embedding real government practitioners into product design.
Main competitors
Polimorphic, Blackbird, KMD
Key partnerships
Washoe County, NV (equity co-founder/development partner), OnStrategy (technology/strategy co-founder), deployed with City of Reno, Northern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission, Addison TX, Santa Clara Valley Water Authority, City of Fresno, Las Vegas, Culver City CA.
Notable customers
City of Reno, Washoe County, Northern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission, Addison, Texas, Santa Clara Valley Water Authority, City of Fresno, Las Vegas, Culver City, CA
Major milestones
2024: Founded via equity partnership with Washoe County, named GovTech's Most Innovative Solution, Dec 2025: closed $3.5M seed round, grew to 65+ government clients.
Growth metrics
65+ local government clients as of late 2025/2026 (50+ at time of seed round); City of Reno time study showed 75%+ reduction in staff report production time.
Market positioning
Niche vertical AI vendor focused exclusively on local/county government administrative workflows, differentiated by public-private co-ownership model.
Geographic focus
United States (primarily Western US/Nevada, expanding nationally)
About Erica Olsen
Co-founder/Principal at OnStrategy (strategic planning firm); author of "Strategic Planning for Dummies"; 20+ years experience in organizational strategy consulting.
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Official website: https://www.madisonai.com/