AI for policy decision-making.

Policies affect millions of people. Test them before you roll them out.

Prior Foundry helps policy teams research, simulate, validate, and monitor decisions before and after rollout.

Prior Foundry helps policy teams research, simulate, validate, and monitor decisions before and after rollout.

From evidence to action in three steps

From evidence to action in three steps

From evidence to action in three steps

Turn complex policy questions into tested, documented decisions—faster and more rigorously than traditional approaches.

Turn complex policy questions into tested, documented decisions—faster and more rigorously than traditional approaches.

01
01
Build context

Synthesize research, internal documents and white papers, prior evaluations, administrative data, and stakeholder input to map the decision space.

02
02
Test & validate

Model likely responses, surface risks and tradeoffs on simulated populations, and validate assumptions with resident input and AI-assisted interviews surveys.

03
03
Monitor & evaluate

After launch, track feedback and outcomes at scale. Identify where implementation is breaking, evaluate impact, and adapt as new evidence comes in.

The simulation layer: grounded in real survey data

The simulation layer: grounded in real survey data

From evidence to action in three steps

Our simulations are built from high-quality probability surveys and validated with real-world feedback, so teams can model likely responses across representative populations and contexts.

Our simulations are built from high-quality probability surveys and validated with real-world feedback, so teams can model likely responses across representative populations and contexts.

Representative populations

Built from General Social Survey, World Values Survey, European Social Survey, and other validated sources

Custom integration available

Integrate your organization's survey data for tailored agent profiles and scenario analysis

Cross-cultural accuracy

Survey-based agents outperform demographic-only approaches, especially in diverse contexts

Peer-reviewed methods you can trust

Our simulation approach draws on published research in computational behavioral science, with robustness testing, permutation tests, and sensitivity analysis built in.

Built by researchers who set the standard

Our team combines academic leadership in computational behavioral science with real-world policy experience at Stanford HAI, Sciences Po, the OECD, and Cambridge. We don't just use AI methods - we publish them.

Designed for sensitive policy contexts

Policy work demands rigour, transparency, and control. Every part of Prior Foundry is designed with that in mind.

Human oversight

We support your judgment, not replace it. Assumptions are explicit and editable. You control every step of the process.

Full auditability
Data Privacy
Equitable modeling

Designed for sensitive policy contexts

Policy work demands rigour, transparency, and control. Every part of Prior Foundry is designed with that in mind.

Human oversight

We support your judgment, not replace it. Assumptions are explicit and editable. You control every step of the process.

Full auditability
Data Privacy
Equitable modeling

Who we are

Who we are

We combine academic leadership in computational behavioral science with real-world policy evaluation and large-scale engineering experience.

We combine academic leadership in computational behavioral science with real-world policy evaluation and large-scale engineering experience.

Shirin Abrishami Kashani

Co-founder

PhD candidate in Political Science at Stanford University. Former policy analyst at the OECD. Bridges the gap between research methodology and operational policy needs in public administrations.

Dr. Jonne Kamphorst

Co-founder

Assistant Professor, Sciences Po Paris. Previously postdoctoral scholar at Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Lab. Research on LLMs for simulating human behavior.

Keshav Sivakumar

Co-founder

Computer Scientist trained at Cambridge & Stanford with experience building large-scale systems in industry. Responsible for the platform architecture and simulation infrastructure.

Prof. Dr. Robb Willer

Advisor

Professor at Stanford University. Director of the Politics and Social Change Lab, and the AI for Public Benefit Lab.​ Leading research on AI tools for public sector use.

Tell us about your policy domain

We design around real customer needs and maintain significant flexibility to tailor functionality to different operational contexts and requirements.

Prior Foundry helps policy teams research evidence, simulate impacts on realistic populations, and draft decision-ready documents - with full transparency and auditability.

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Prior Foundry helps policy teams research evidence, simulate impacts on realistic populations, and draft decision-ready documents - with full transparency and auditability.

2026 Prior Foundry. All Rights Reserved

Privacy Policy

Prior Foundry helps policy teams research evidence, simulate impacts on realistic populations, and draft decision-ready documents - with full transparency and auditability.

2026 Prior Foundry. All Rights Reserved

Privacy Policy