Tech Policy Press

What Tech Policy Press does

Tech Policy Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media publication that produces news, analysis, opinion, and commentary at the intersection of technology, democracy, and policy. Founded in 2019 and incorporated in Texas under the legal name Protego Press (operating commercially as Tech Policy Press), the organization is headquartered in Austin, TX with a Brooklyn mailing address. Its primary audience comprises policymakers and government officials, journalists and media professionals, academic researchers, and civil society organizations working on technology policy, with content freely accessible to general readers. The organization maintains explicit editorial independence from its funders and does not accept paid placements or operate a paywall.

The organization's product portfolio centers on a digital publication at techpolicy.press, supported by a weekly email newsletter, a weekly podcast, a fellowship program for global contributors, and reference resources including hearing transcripts, policy round-ups, and trackers. Subject coverage spans AI governance, platform regulation, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, geopolitics of technology, election integrity, and children's online safety. Distribution occurs through the website, podcast services (including Captivate.fm), email newsletter, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Instagram, and an RSS feed. The publication operates as a traditional digital media outlet with no proprietary technology platform; the underlying stack uses standard CMS infrastructure (Sanity CDN assets are visible). Editorial leadership comprises a CEO/Editor (Justin Hendrix), Managing Editor, Deputy Editor, Assistant Editor, and Contributing Editors, supported by a Board of Directors that includes Bryan Jones (Chairman), John Borthwick, Renée DiResta, Desmond Patton, and Courtney C. Radsch.

Tech Policy Press is funded primarily through foundation grants rather than a commercial revenue model. Identified funders include Reset.tech (2023-2025), MacArthur Foundation (2024-2025), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (2022, 2024-2025), Ford Foundation (2024-2025), Omidyar Network (2022, 2025), Silicon Valley Community Foundation (2024), DuckDuckGo (2024-2025 charitable donations), and Emerson Collective (2022 Democracy Fellowship for Justin Hendrix). Strategic content partnerships have been established with Rutgers Law School's Institute for Information Policy and Law and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. With 1-10 employees and no disclosed revenue figure, the organization operates at the scale of a small nonprofit media venture.

Name

Tech Policy Press

Legal name

Protego Press

Website

https://techpolicy.press

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tech Policy Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media publication producing news, analysis, and commentary at the intersection of technology, democracy, and policy. It serves policymakers, journalists, researchers, and civil society through its website, weekly newsletter, podcast, and fellowship program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Policy Media and Digital Journalism

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Government & Public Policy Publishing (Regulations, Gazettes, Legislative Tracking) (MPAJACAI)

Keywords

• Tech policy journalism
• Digital rights commentary
• Technology governance
• Nonprofit media
• Democracy and technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: Tech Policy Press is funded primarily through grants from foundations including Reset.tech (2023-2025), MacArthur Foundation (2024-2025), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (2022, 2024-2025), Ford Foundation (2024-2025), Omidyar Network (2022, 2025), and Silicon Valley Community Foundation (2024).
2. Individual Donations: The publication accepts donations from readers and individuals. Initial funding came from founders Justin Hendrix and Bryan Jones and small individual donations. DuckDuckGo made charitable donations in 2024 and 2025. The organization also received a Democracy Fellowship from Emerson Collective supporting Justin Hendrix in 2022.
3. Donor Contributions: Tech Policy Press 501(c)(3) status enables tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations. Donors above $5,000 are listed in public filings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit digital media publication that publishes opinion, analysis, and news content at the intersection of technology and democracy. Its core offerings are a content website (techpolicy.press), a weekly email newsletter, and a weekly podcast, all distributed free of charge to readers, policymakers, journalists, researchers, and the general public. The publication covers AI governance, platform regulation, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, geopolitics of technology, election integrity, and children's online safety.

Product overview

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture organized as a 501(c)(3) that operates as a unified content publishing platform producing opinion, analysis, news, and commentary at the intersection of technology and democracy. The organization's portfolio consists of a website platform (techpolicy.press) as the primary hub, supported by a weekly Newsletter and Podcast as key distribution products, along with Analysis and Perspective content types, Resources (including transcripts, policy round-ups, and trackers), and a Fellowship Program for contributor development. The platform covers key focus areas including concentration of power, technology and the economy, ethics of technology, geopolitics of technology, racism and oppression, and election integrity. The organization does not develop or sell technology products but rather serves as a media publication advancing a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tech Policy Press Website Primary digital publishing platform at techpolicy.press serving as a nonprofit media publication that publishes opinion, analysis, and news at the intersection of technology and democracy, covering topics including AI governance, platform regulation, content moderation, privacy, digital rights, geopolitics of technology, and election integrity. All content is freely accessible without paywall.
• Newsletter Weekly (and sometimes more frequent) free email newsletter delivering analysis, commentary, and roundups on technology and democracy issues to subscribers. Free subscription with no paywall.
• Podcast Weekly (and sometimes more frequent) free podcast featuring interviews, discussions, and analysis on technology policy topics, available through podcast subscription services and the Tech Policy Press website.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Rutgers Law School's Institute for Information Policy and LawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024Tech Policy Press partnered with Rutgers Law School's Institute for Information Policy and Law to host a roundtable on synthetic media policy in Washington DC on December 13, 2024. The roundtable brought together diverse experts to discuss threats posed by AI-generated content and establish a shared research agenda.
• Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBerkman Klein Center at Harvard University hosted an essay contest in collaboration with Tech Policy Press focused on the ways AI systems intersect with power and the public interest. This produced the 'Agency, Trust, and Governance in the Age of AI' series featuring student essays.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Markup: Nonprofit newsroom covering technology's impact on society, funded by foundations, with free public-facing journalism — directly comparable in mission, structure, and target audience to Tech Policy Press.
• Lawfare: Nonprofit policy publication producing rigorous, multi-author analysis and podcasts on national security and law, funded by grants — closely analogous to TPP as a niche, expert-driven policy outlet.
• Just Security: Nonprofit online publication hosting expert analysis on national security, law, and rights — directly comparable as a free, grant-supported, multi-author policy analysis platform.
• ProPublica: Largest US nonprofit investigative newsroom, funded primarily by foundations and donations — comparable model, though operating at significantly larger scale than TPP.
• Access Now: International digital rights nonprofit producing policy analysis, campaigns, and reports on technology and human rights — comparable nonprofit model and significant overlap in subject areas like platform regulation and free expression.

Emerging players

• AI Now Institute: Research institute producing reports and analysis on AI policy and governance, with significant overlap in subject matter and a similar nonprofit, expert-driven publishing model.

Broad incumbents

• MIT Technology Review: Established media outlet covering emerging technology including its policy implications, with much larger scale and institutional backing; overlaps with TPP's audience of policymakers and researchers.
• Wired: Major consumer tech publication that increasingly covers platform regulation, AI, and internet policy; broader audience and commercial model, but overlapping subject matter with TPP.
• Politico: Major political and policy news outlet with a dedicated technology policy vertical, serving the same policymaker and political-insider audience that TPP targets.
• The Verge: Major consumer tech publication with substantial coverage of platform regulation, AI policy, and the tech-policy intersection — overlapping subject matter with TPP but operating as a for-profit outlet at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tech-policy-press
• Instagraminstagram.com/techpolicy.press

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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