Ichnus for government
Public institutions should use AI that is accountable to the public — not to a vendor's shareholders. For public servants, that means transparent behavior, auditable decisions, and no vendor lock-in.
Transparent by structure
A non-profit maker, published evaluations, and a governance model with public records. Procurement can check the whole chain.
No lock-in
No proprietary formats, no data held hostage. Public agencies keep their data and their options.
Auditable behavior
Release reports and model governance records are public. When a public employee needs to explain a decision, the tool's behavior is explainable.
Priced for public good
Individual use is free; agency use is offered at cost. A public body should not pay a premium for its own constituents' data to be processed.
A week in a permits office
A clerk fields the same handful of questions from residents every week — what documents a permit needs, how long review takes, what the fee schedule is. Ichnus drafts consistent, plain-language answers pulled from the actual regulation, so the response someone gets on a Tuesday matches what they'd get on a Friday.
When the department updates its code, the same tool summarizes what changed for a manager who does not have time to read the full ordinance, and drafts the public notice explaining the change to residents — with a paper trail: what was drafted, when, and from which version of the rule.
Common uses
- Summarizing regulations and dense policy documents
- Drafting plain-language public communications
- Answering routine constituent questions consistently
- Indexing and searching public records
- Training and onboarding for new public employees
Getting started
We work with agencies on a case-by-case basis, always at cost and always with a signed agreement that limits how our tools may be used. Start by having staff use the free product, then reach out for a governance review of what your agency wants to automate.
Everything on this page is part of the Curos concept project. There is no real program, and the scenarios above are illustrations of how a free, non-profit assistant could serve each audience.
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