Benjamin Newman

Influence + AI in Washington

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

AI-native public relations to shape opinion at scale. Before Shaper Collective, I worked on K Street for national and state integrated public affairs campaigns, helping clients reach and mobilize grassroots supporters for some of America's most important causes. I moved to Washington after leading a successful integrated public policy campaign to influence the UW-Madison administration on a critical policy issue. We brought pressure across grassroots, media, policy, and the state legislature by adopting technology that let us localize and scale messages more effectively. While still in college, I built a consultancy to help private equity firms and other large clients strategize, adopt, and implement AI. Each week, I write The Influence Model on how AI is reshaping the tactics of influence in Washington.

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