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Public records, seen through.

FOIAGen.com helps people and newsrooms file US public-records requests. It finds the right agency, drafts the request to that agency’s rules and tracks every deadline in business days. You always click send. A product spun out into its own company, built 100% with VeraGen. Its website is live now; the signed-in app is still being built.

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Built withBrand StudioData ManagementChimpMercatoTellagent
FOIAGen 100% built with VeraGen

Public-records (FOIA) requests, made simple · foiagen.com

Case Study: FOIAGen.com on YouTube

Watch FOIAGen.com being built.

Nothing staged: each episode is recorded in the real product as the company is built. 2 episodes so far, 5 minutes.

Episode 1 · Brand Studio · 3:05

A Brand From Nothing

Recorded live as it was built in Brand Studio: the brief, the concepts, the logo, the palette, the voice and the kit.

The playlist

Every episode, in order.

Watch the full playlist on YouTube
Video thumbnail: A Brand From Nothing3:05

Episode 1 · Brand Studio

A Brand From Nothing

Recorded live as it was built in Brand Studio: the brief, the concepts, the logo, the palette, the voice and the kit.

Video thumbnail: The Deadlines Never Sleep1:33

Episode 7 · Tellagent

The Deadlines Never Sleep

The company’s Tellagent workflows: deadlines, reminders, campaign sends, rules refresh and onboarding, filmed from a real scheduled run.

More episodes are on the way. Follow the playlist on YouTube to see each one as it lands.

What FOIAGen.com does

From the first letter to the released documents.

A records request is legal correspondence with a clock on it. FOIAGen keeps the rules and the clock; the requester keeps the decision. Nothing is ever sent without your click.

Find the right agency

Describe what you need in your own words. FOIAGen suggests the office that holds the records: federal, state, county or city.

A request written to its rules

Each request is drafted to that agency’s own rules and format. You read it, edit it if you like, and send it.

Deadlines in business days

Every deadline is counted in business days, with a follow-up ready the moment one passes.

Appeals, ready when you are

A denial doesn’t have to be the end: FOIAGen prepares the appeal, and you decide whether to send it.

Teams and campaigns

Admins and members share one account, and a campaign sends one request to many agencies.

History kept as evidence

Every message, reply and date kept in order, ready to show an editor, a client or a court.

See it live at foiagen.com

How it was built

100% VeraGen, layer by layer.

Here is which VeraGen app built each part of FOIAGen.com, and the episode that shows it.

  1. Brand
    Brand Studio

    A brand from nothing: the logo, the palette, the voice and the full kit, recorded live as it was made.

    Watch episode 1 3:05
  2. Data & docs
    Data Management

    The product docs and help, and the system docs for a product becoming its own company.

    Episode coming
  3. Website & app
    Chimp

    The marketing site at foiagen.com, and the signed-in app that is being built in Chimp now.

    Episode coming
  4. Plans & billing
    Mercato

    Free, Pro and Team plans with seats and monthly request quotas.

    Episode coming
  5. Automations
    Tellagent

    Deadline reminders, follow-ups, campaign sends, rules refresh and onboarding, all on a schedule.

    Watch episode 7 1:33

The results

Built in days, not months.

1 productspun out of VeraGen into its own company, with its own brand, site and plans
5 appsBrand Studio, Data Management, Chimp, Mercato and Tellagent
Livefoiagen.com is up, with features, pricing, help and how-to videos
Business daysevery deadline counted the way the law counts it

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