Hamlet
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Hamlet operates as an information services company, leveraging artificial intelligence to distill complex data from public meetings into actionable insights. Founded in 2022 by Sunil Rajaraman, the company originated from his direct experience with the challenges of accessing and understanding local civic information during his own city council campaign in Northern California. This firsthand frustration with opaque public data fueled the creation of a platform to demystify local governance for citizens, public affairs strategists, and real estate professionals.
The company's core service processes lengthy public records from city councils, planning commissions, and other government bodies, using AI to generate clear, neutral summaries. To ensure reliability, these AI-generated narratives are reviewed and fact-checked by a team of human experts before publication. This hybrid human-AI model provides clients with timely and accurate intelligence on local developments, policy shifts, and market sentiment, eliminating the need to sift through hours of meetings or dense public documents. Hamlet serves clients including real estate developers, who use the service to track competitive projects, identify investment opportunities, and analyze development sentiment, as well as city governments like Palo Alto and Saratoga, which use the platform to enhance transparency and community engagement.
The business operates on a venture-backed, software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, providing tailored access and custom pricing for its clients. The platform's flagship product, GovCenter, allows users to access summaries and analyses of public meetings. A notable milestone for the company was securing a $5 million seed round in December 2023, which is enabling its expansion. The company was also recognized as the Most Innovative Start-Up by the National Association of Home Builders Advisory Team at the 2025 International Builders' Show.
Keywords: public meeting intelligence, civic technology, government data analysis, real estate development insights, AI-powered summaries, policy tracking, local government transparency, community engagement platform, urban development analytics, zoning regulations, city council monitoring, public affairs strategy, land use intelligence, market sentiment analysis, project approval tracking, civic data, municipal records, government relations, real estate investment intelligence, planning commission data