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PolicyGPT

Making Sense of Complex Legislation with AI

Bek Salimov, Andrew Terebey, Aviv Pinksfeld | Hackathon 2025

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Problem

  • Legislation is too complex for most citizens, businesses, and even professionals.

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  • 63% of Americans feel laws are too difficult to understand without legal help. (Source: Pew Research, 2020)

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  • Getting legal help is very costly for many

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Target Audience

  • Individual Customers/Users

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  • Business Entities of All Sizes and their Personnel — simplify and communicate internal policies.

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  • Law Firms and Public Accounting Industry— since many businesses pay these firms to get clarity in complex law language.

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  • Government & Other Non-Profit Organizations— improve public transparency.

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  • Educational & Research Institutions— help them better understand public policy and law

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Opportunity

  • $999B+ global legal services market (Grand View Research).

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  • 85% of employees don't fully understand company policies & benefits. (Source: Ameritas, 2023)

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  • Total Addressable Market (TAM): Estimated at $27B+ for legislative simplification tools (Precedence Research, 2024)

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How PolicyGPT Works / Solves the Problem

UPLOAD ANY BILL OR LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENT (PDF, TXT, OR PASTE TEXT).

AI ANALYZES THE CONTENT USING RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION (RAG) TECHNOLOGY.

RECEIVE CLEAR, SIMPLE SUMMARIES OUTLINING IMPACTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND ACTIONS.

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Understand

Analyze

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Cost Structure

Cost Item

Amount

Notes

Cloud hosting + AI costs

~$500/month

AWS servers, AI model access

Model fine-tuning (setup)

~$1,000–$2,000 one-time

Based on AWS + OpenAI pricing

Ongoing AI API usage fees

~$200–$400/month

Depends on query volume

Compliance and security audits

~$2,000–$5,000/year

For HR/legal sector trust requirements

Software development & maintenance

~$5,000–$10,000/year

Bug fixes, minor feature updates

Customer support

~$500–$1,500/month

Outsourced or part-time support team

Marketing & customer acquisition

~$1,000–$3,000/month

Ads, SEO, partnerships

Legal and licensing fees (Patent Included)

~$500–$2,000/year

Depends on jurisdictions served

Third-party integrations (optional)

~$100–$500/month

HR platforms, legal databases integrations

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Monetization Strategy

Revenue Stream

Description

Pricing Model

Subscription Plans

Core platform access for HR, Compliance, Legal, Gov, and Education

$99–$499/month based on usage tier

Premium API Access

API access for direct integration into client systems

Usage-based ($0.01–$0.05 per query)

Custom Model Fine-tuning

Tailored AI model training for specific clients' compliance/legal needs

$5,000–$20,000 per engagement

Professional Services

Onboarding, compliance consulting, data migration

$2,000–$10,000 per project

Marketplace Integrations (future)

Sell specialized modules (e.g., regional compliance packs)

$500–$2,000/module one-time or SaaS

Training & Certification Program

Certification for HR/legal teams to use platform effectively

$299/person

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Year 1 Sample Revenue & Costs

Year 1 Revenue: $126,000

  1. Subscription Plans ($60K):

Client-based

50 clients x 300/month (avg. tier) x 12 months =

300/month (avg. tier) x 12 months = $180,000

Premium API ($12K):

1M queries/month × 0.01/query×12months= 0.01/query × 12months=120,000

Custom Fine-Tuning ($30K):

5 clients × 6,000/project= 6,000/project = 30,000

  • Professional Services ($24K):

12 projects × 2,000/project= 2,000/project= 24,000

Total Revenue = 60K+60K+12K+30K+30K+24K = $126,000

Year 1 Costs: $55,400

Cloud + AI Costs: 500/month×12= 500/month×12= 6,000

Model Fine-Tuning (One-Time): $1,500 (amortized)

Ongoing API Fees: 300/month×12= 300/month×12=3,600

Compliance Audits: $3,500 (mid-range)

Dev & Maintenance: $7,500 (mid-range)

Customer Support: 1,000/month×12= 1,000/month×12=12,000

Marketing: 2,000/month×12=2,000/month×12=24,000

Legal Fees: $1,000

Total Costs = 6K+6K+1.5K + 3.6K+3.6K+3.5K + 7.5K+7.5K+12K + 24K+24K+1K = $55,400

Revenue (126K)–Costs(126K)–Costs(55.4K) = $70,600 (56% margin)

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Revenue Projections

Year 1:

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Costs ██████ ($55K)

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Year 2:

Revenue █████████████████████████████████($400K)

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Costs █████████ ($79K)

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Year 3:

Revenue ██████████████████████████████████████████ ($830K)

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Costs ███████████ ($108K)

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  • Pew Research Center, 2020
  • Grand View Research, 2024
  • Ameritas, 2022
  • AWS + OpenAI Pricing Docs, 2024
  • GDPR Portal, CCPA Official Documentation

Sources