Case Study: CalMatters Builds an AI-Powered Transparency Platform with 10up

CalMatters launches a first-of-its-kind AI-powered civic platform with 10up

CalMatters, a leading nonprofit newsroom, partnered with 10up to tackle the challenge of making California's vast trove of complex government data—including bills, campaign donations, and hearing transcripts—accessible and understandable for both everyday citizens and journalists. The raw information was publicly available but was fragmented across platforms and difficult to search holistically.

10up built DigitalDemocracy.org, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered platform. The solution was constructed on a headless WordPress stack using 10up's HeadstartWP framework and integrated with Elasticsearch for powerful, real-time search. The result is a deeply interactive and nonpartisan hub that makes understanding state politics easier and faster. 10up continues to support the evolving platform, which lays the groundwork for a new standard in civic transparency.

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