https://cortico.ai/platform/
Fora
Human-Led + AI-Supported Listening
Active
Since 2016
68 Harrison Ave Boston
Open source: Partially (https://github.com/CorticoAI/lvn-embed-api?tab=MIT-1-ov-file#readme)
Fora’s unique approach combines the ancient wisdoms of human dialogue and listening with the growing analytic and connective power of modern AI and scale of digital networks. Fora enables partners to understand their communities’ life experiences, amplify typically underheard voices, inform public understanding, and drive better policy and decision-making to better outcomes. Our team of conversation and listening experts make it easy for partners to make the most of our integrated platform.
Funding details
| Funded by | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Reid Hoffman | link | — |
| Quadrivium | link | — |
| Google Jigsaw | link | — |
| Knight Foundation | link | — |
| Yat Siu | link | — |
| Project Liberty | link | — |
| Craig Newmark | link | — |
| Ali Rowghani | link | — |
| The Tow Foundation | link | — |
| Archewell | link | — |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | link | — |
Evidence of this project's impact
Number of partners/users: 200+ — 2025-01
Who we reach: 200+ Partners 40+ US States 60+ Countries (Source) — 2024-12
Resources
Founder(s)
Eugene Yi, Russell Stevens, Deb Roy
- Org. type
- Non-profit / charity / foundation
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Founded
- 2016
- Language(s)
- English
- Employees
- 26
- Pricing
- Not public
- Used by
- Foundation for Black Women's Wellness, City of Durham, Cap Times, City of Cambridge MA, among 200+ partners (see Institutions using the Platform)
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Emerging tech, Engagement tech, Group decision making, Listening, Machine learning, Media, Narrative tech, Participatory democracy, Speech recognition, The Tech
- Tags
- apps
- Added
- 2021-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-04-21T17:33:53.000Z
Additional details
- Previously known as
- Local Voices Network (LVN)
- Tech stack
- D3, Font Awesome, MUI, cdnjs, Cloudflare, core-js, Django, Google Font API, Lodash, React, Emotion, Python
- Formats
- apps
- Institutions using the platform
- 200+ partners including: NPR Deloitte Solutions Insights Lab Newark Opportunity Youth Network Blue Hill Avenue Revitalization American Academy of Arts and Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Global We for Climate Action City of Durham, NC City of Cambridge, MA The Source School JA Worldwide: Youth Voices 100 Days of Conversation About School City of Madison Police and Fire Commission America Amplified National Listening Sessions Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness New York Public Library Reimagine Arkansas Tampa Bay Times Together We Heal – City of Chicago United Way of Dane County Rhode Island Foundation
- How AI is used
- Through a powerful combination of deep human listening and AI tools, Cortico enables organizations to make sense of the conversations they collect, surfacing underheard community voices into decision-making – with authenticity, nuance, and transparency that surveys and focus groups cannot match.
- Number of end users
- 200+
- Number of integrations
- 1
- Metrics of success
- Who we reach: 200+ Partners 40+ US States 60+ Countries, Number of partners/users: 200+
- Geographic focus
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Geographic focus — country
- United States of America 🇺🇸
- Pricing
- Not public
- Documentation & learning
- https://help.fora.io/hc/en-us/categories/1500001016801-Using-Fora-Desktop
- Support resources
- https://help.fora.io/hc/en-us
- Privacy policy
- https://cortico.ai/privacy