Polis
Polis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.
Neighborland was a communications platform that empowers organizations to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way. Acquired by Nextdoor in 2019 and shut down.
Neighborland is a communications platform that empowers organizations to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way. As a social enterprise, Neighborland has worked with over 200 city agencies, universities, foundations, and nonprofits across the U.S. and Canada. Over 3,000,000 residents have participated on Neighborland, and these projects have yielded over $3b in social and economic impact.
Acquired
Over 3 million people participated on Neighborland, and our partners’ projects have yielded over $700 billion in social and economic impact to date. (Source) — 2024-12
Project(s): Imagine Mesa
Candy Chang, Dan Parham, Tee Parham

Polis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.

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