Justinian

Government affairs is one of the oldest industries on Earth—lobbyists have been influencing policy since before the United States was even a country—and somehow it's been running on the same playbook for centuries. Phone calls, handwritten notes, relationships built over decades of schmoozing at cocktail hours. Justinian looked at that and said "cool, we're automating it." They're the first AI-native government affairs firm backed by Y Combinator, and they're pairing elite human lobbyists with AI agents that monitor policy in real-time, draft briefs, map stakeholders, and flag opportunities before competitors even know they exist.

Here's the thing about government affairs—it's relationships, but it's also information. Who introduced what bill, when does the committee vote, who's the staffer who actually makes the decision, what program just got funded that your client qualifies for? Justinian's AI does the grunt work that used to take armies of research assistants, so their lobbyists can actually lobby instead of doing homework. They offer three products: Tracking for real-time policy intelligence, Lobbying for direct legislative and regulatory strategy, and Capture for qualifying opportunities and competitive positioning. It's government affairs rebuilt around agents—and if you're trying to win contracts, grants, or influence in Washington, this is what the future looks like.