AI Continues to Transform Washington

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2025

‍‍Delve Raises Funding from Moxxie Ventures and Washington’s Top Strategists to Power AI for Public Affairs

‍Silicon Valley and Washington unite to back Delve, the first AI-native platform built specifically for public affairs professionals navigating legislative, regulatory, and reputational complexity.

‍Washington, DC — Artificial intelligence is already transforming how Washington operates—and Delve is leading that shift as it reshapes how public affairs professionals harness the power of AI. Today, the company announced it has closed a strategic pre-seed funding round backed by a top Silicon Valley venture firm and Beltway public affairs powerhouses. This milestone positions Delve to scale its patent-pending intelligence engine—an AI-native platform purpose-built for public affairs professionals who must monitor fast-moving legislative and regulatory developments, quickly make sense of a complex policy landscape, and act with confidence.

While others bolt generic AI onto legacy tools, Delve started with the public affairs practitioner. The platform is built by Washington’s top strategic analysts—professionals who have spent decades helping clients navigate legislative, regulatory, and reputational risk. That deep domain understanding shaped every layer of the product.

“We’re proud to have the ideal mix of Washington wisdom and Silicon Valley innovation behind us,” said Jeff Berkowitz, Co-Founder and CEO of Delve. Berkowitz also founded Delve Research the premier Washington-based competitive intelligence firm whose insights have powered major campaigns and corporate strategies for nearly a decade.

“There’s growing recognition that the AI race in public affairs has already begun—and Delve is built to win it. We’re well capitalized and moving fast to deliver the strategic edge our clients need.” Before founding Delve Research, Berkowitz led messaging and research operations for The White House and U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration, major presidential campaigns, and national political and advocacy organizations.

‍Backed by the Best in Tech and Public Affairs

‍The funding round was led by Moxxie Ventures, an early-stage fund led by Katie Jacobs Stanton and Alex Roetter. Stanton served in the Obama White House and State Department before leading marketing and product at Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. Roetter was Twitter’s Head of Engineering, as it scaled revenue from zero to $2.5 billion. Together, they bring deep experience in both public impact and technological scale—an ideal fit for Delve's mission. Additional participation came from:

• ‍Advocus Partners, parent company of BGR Group, The Herald Group, Hilltop Solutions, and other top-tier firms
• ‍ROKK Solutions, a leading bipartisan public affairs firm
• ‍The Ehrhardt Group, one of the Gulf South’s largest public affairs agencies
• ‍Brent Buchanan, Founder and President of top polling firm Cygnal
• Jim Gianny, former President of DDC Public Affairs
• ‍Matt Burns, Managing Partner of Acumen Strategies and former UnitedHealth Group communications lead
• ‍Katie Harbath, CEO of Anchor Change and former lead for global elected officials engagement at Meta
• ‍Civics Capital, which invests in civic-focused technology, organized an angel syndicate of additional veteran public affairs professionals
  

“Delve is building the future of strategic intelligence—combining domain expertise and AI innovation in a way we believe will transform how industries operate,” said Katie Jacobs Stanton, General Partner at Moxxie Ventures.

“We see Delve as a wise investment—and an opportunity to harness the power of AI to better help our clients meet their advocacy goals,” added Bob Wood, Chairman and CEO of Advocus Partners.

Purpose-Built Intelligence for Public Affairs Professionals

Delve is built to do what generic AI wrappers and keyword alerts can’t: deliver analyst-grade insight with the urgency today’s publicaffairs teams demand.

At its core are two differentiators:

• An AI-optimized public affairs data infrastructure that continuously ingests, enriches, and structures information across news, legislation, regulation, stakeholder channels, and more—providing a unified feed of information that public affairs leaders need to make smart decisions.           
• Customized AI systems designed to mirror how the best public affairs analysts think—identifying relevance, interpreting nuance, and connecting dots that others miss.

“We see AI not as artificial intelligence, but as amplified intelligence,” said Kyle Huwa, Co-Founder and Technical Lead of Delve. Huwa is a veteran of Capitol Hill and the campaign trail who served as Communications Director for a prominent member of Congress and speechwriter toa U.S. Labor Secretary. “Our platform is designed to enhance the judgment, speed, and impact of public affairs professionals doing mission-critical work—so they can act decisively, not just react.”    

Already Powering Public Affairs Teams

Last year, Delve ran a successful closed beta with top-tier public affairs firms and completed the J.P. Morgan-sponsored StartOut GrowthLab, a competitive accelerator for high-potential LGBTQ+ tech founders. Delve's platform is now in pre-release with a growing number of early adopters among public affairs firms, associations, and in-house teams with an expected full product launch this summer. Early users are already reporting hours saved, key signals surfaced, and briefing cycles shortened dramatically.

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