New AI-powered data analyst designed for public sector

Polco, a civic engagement and analytics company based in Madison, Wis., announced it has built an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data analyst designed specifically for governments.

“Polly,” as the AI tool is called, is designed to answer questions from public sector leaders using real-time performance management data, comparisons and historical trends, according to Polco, which unveiled the new tool in March.

“Public officials earnestly want to make great decisions using data, but it’s really difficult to use public sector data,” Polco CEO Nick Mastronardi said in a statement, adding that Polly would be able to provide state and local government officials “ready access” to datasets and analytics.

Polly is currently available for demos on Polco’s website and has been in a field-testing phase, according to Polco. It was scheduled to be released this month.

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