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Jacob Wohl is running an AI lobbying company under a pseudonym, Politico reports

An image of Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl against a radioactive background
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Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are far-right activists, convicted felons, and engineers of questionable political stunts. Politico reports that they are now also running LobbyMatic, a company that sells an “AI automation platform for lobbyists.”

LobbyMatic claims on its website that its AI-powered software can do everything — like automatically monitor congressional hearings or “supercharge research” into legislative and regulatory issues.

Jumping on the AI hypewagon is a perfectly respectable career move. The problem is that sources have told Politico that Wohl and Burkman are running the firm under the pseudonyms “Jay Klein” and “Bill Sanders.”

LobbyMatic has no leadership listed on its official website. A company by the name of…

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