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

Ariel Kennan, Max Ghenis, Pavel Makarchuk · July 30, 2026 · 2 min

The Axiom Foundation launched on July 28, 2026 — publishing the world’s rules as open, verifiable code, starting with tax and benefit policy.

Webinar

We hosted a briefing webinar with Q&A for attendees around the world.

See the slides

Now explore it yourself

The Axiom app

Trace a rule from statute to result: the source text, its citations, and the computation graph behind every value.

Open the App

The demo gallery

Preview applications built on the open layer: a chatbot answering policy questions with citations, a form builder, the benefits cliffs explorer, and microsimulation at scale.

Browse the demos

A civic gathering

We also hosted a gathering of friends and supporters in Brooklyn. Thank you to the Public Policy Lab for hosting us and the PSL Foundation for supporting us.

A crowded loft reception in motion, guests holding plates and drinks in front of gold foil balloons spelling AXIOM.
Two guests laughing mid-conversation, one holding a slice of cake, in front of gold letter balloons.
Guests in conversation clusters at the reception, name tags on, with bookshelves and evening city windows behind.
A crowd watches a live demo on a screen at the Brooklyn loft, drinks and cake on a table nearby.
A white sheet cake with orange and brown sprinkles reading “Happy Launch Day” above the Axiom Foundation logo.
Max Ghenis speaking to guests in front of the gold AXIOM balloons, listeners in the foreground.
Two guests deep in conversation at the reception, with more small groups and balloons behind them.
Max Ghenis, Ariel Kennan, and Pavel Makarchuk clinking glasses in a toast, laughing, against a deep blue wall.
Two guests smiling for the camera with drinks, in front of shelves of design and policy books.

Photos by Martin Romero

Coming soon

  • More US and global encodings
  • A certification system for encodings that capture the entire set of dependencies, with full validation against external sources
  • Interfaces for retrieving policy text
  • More ways to leverage the platform, including new compilation targets, hosted APIs, and MCP servers

Thank you for your support and joining us in this bold mission!

Max, Ariel, and Pavel | The Axiom Foundation Team

Brooklyn loft with wooden floors, two clusters of bronze and orange balloons and gold letter balloons spelling AXIOM. The founding team of the Axiom Foundation stands in front, Max in a white shirt and gray pays, Ariel in a black dress and red sandals, Pavel in an navy sweater and tan pants.
The Axiom Foundation Team | Photo by Martin Romero

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