Khipu · Analyst workspace
A specified analysis you can run this week — and rerun when the question moves.
every place, every decision, on the record
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Socioeconomic planning & public policy
Decision intelligence for better public outcomes.
Before a public dollar moves, see what is missing, who it reaches, and what it would change. After it moves, see what it did. A county agency, a community lender, and a foundation work from the same standard as a federal one — and every claim ships with its sources, its confidence, and what would change it.
Three questions every public decision has to answer.
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Where is opportunity missing — and for whom?
A district can have schools, clinics, bus routes, and a job center and still watch the same families stay where they are. Having a ladder is not the same as climbing it.
for the needs assessment · the siting decision · “why this neighborhood first”
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Who gains, and who pays?
Every policy lands twice: once on the economy, once on the people in it. An abatement moves the tax base, and it moves specific households. A fee funds a service, and it falls on specific blocks.
for the fiscal note · the incentive review · the equity impact assessment
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What would change — and, afterward, did it?
One budget line, two good proposals. Telosyn projects both paths side by side, for each neighborhood and cohort, and shows where the evidence cannot yet tell them apart — which is itself a finding, and often the one that saves the money.
for the council briefing · the grant outcomes section · the next question
I · Where is opportunity missing — and for whom?
A district can have schools, clinics, bus routes, and a job center and still watch the same families stay where they are. Having a ladder is not the same as climbing it.
for the needs assessment · the siting decision · “why this neighborhood first”
II · Who gains, and who pays?
Every policy lands twice: once on the economy, once on the people in it. An abatement moves the tax base, and it moves specific households. A fee funds a service, and it falls on specific blocks.
for the fiscal note · the incentive review · the equity impact assessment
III · What would change — and, afterward, did it?
One budget line, two good proposals. Telosyn projects both paths side by side, for each neighborhood and cohort, and shows where the evidence cannot yet tell them apart — which is itself a finding, and often the one that saves the money.
for the council briefing · the grant outcomes section · the next question
I / III
Two places the work happens.
Khipu answers what the evidence says. Points & Axis shows what’s happening where — and makes it legible to every audience that needs it.
Points & Axis · Geospatial & narrative intelligence
Reporting you can check before you take its word.
the story in your hands, sourced
Standing commitment: named bylines, visible sourcing, and a public corrections policy — from the first issue onward.
the receiptsource → vintage → review → ship date · attached to every governed output — or it doesn't ship
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