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  1. Sepia illustration of an auditor at a desk holding a signed, stamped record up to the light, with a torn copy on the desk stamped REFUSED.

    Receipt, a verifier for the records agents produce

    Receipt checks that a record an agent produced is the one that was signed and witnessed, and refuses with a named reason when it is not. On PyPI at 0.6.1 with a working paper.

  2. Sepia illustration: Sonia reads a letter saying DENIED, thought bubbles above her recalling the chatbot, navigator, and caseworker who all told her she qualified.

    Computable law, in practice: Sonia applies for benefits

    A denial letter, four systems that each answered differently, and what Sonia’s story looks like when they all run the same open, published rules.

  3. Festive party shot in a Brooklyn loft with wood floors, lots of people wearing black and white and balloons in the background.

    Launch week: 3,000 encoded provisions, 150+ attendees, one Brooklyn loft

    Inside the Axiom Foundation's launch week: the briefing webinar, the app and demo gallery now open to explore, and a night of cake and balloons in Brooklyn.

  4. The Axiom Foundation launches to publish the world's rules as open, verifiable code

    Computable law for all: statutes and regulations as cited, time-aware, executable code — starting with tax and benefit policy

  5. BetaNYC graphic naming Ariel Kennan Public Interest Technologist of the Month, July 2026, with the tagline “Celebrating technology, data, and design for the public good.”

    Ariel Kennan named BetaNYC's Public Interest Technologist of the Month

    BetaNYC has named Axiom Foundation President Ariel Kennan its Public Interest Technologist of the Month for July 2026.

  6. Max Ghenis speaks on stage at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program's Benefits Leadership Forum, in front of an Aspen Institute backdrop.

    Policy analysis in the age of AI

    At the Aspen Institute's Benefits Leadership Forum, Max Ghenis made the case that frontier models still miss on tax and benefit questions — and what to do about it.

  7. The Axiom Foundation goes public July 28 — join us!

    The rules that decide who gets food assistance, health coverage, and tax credits are implemented privately, everywhere. On July 28 we publish them in the open.