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PoliSim

PoliSim is open-source civic infrastructure that connects official public data — 71 million census observations, open electoral records, verified polling — with transparent AI to help NGOs, civic bodies, and political consultants communicate more effectively. Before investing in a campaign. On publicly auditable data. With declared limitations.

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Rome, Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹

PoliSim connects public census data (ISTAT 2021, 71M observations), open electoral records (Italian Ministry of Interior), and transparent AI to help NGOs, trade unions, and civic bodies test whether their messages are coherent with their stated values — before investing in a campaign. Live in production with three user verticals: NGOs, civic bodies, and political consultants. Bayesian MRP model covers 139 Italian Camera constituencies (RMSE 4.3pp out-of-sample). AI layer substitutable by design: Mistral, LLaMA, or any local model can replace the current provider with zero infrastructure changes. Open-source release Q3 2026. Seeking validation partners: civic organisations willing to test PoliSim on a real campaign get a free analysis with declared limitations.

Project type
Tool or platform
Language(s)
Italian
Added
2026-05-11
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:45:31.000Z

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Affiliation
I'm the founder
Number of integrations
0
Geographic focus
Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹
Geographic focus — country
Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹

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