On May 5th, 2025, the Foundation for American Innovation and the Institute for Progress convened "The Future of Think Tanks Hackathon" — an exploratory venture testing the hypothesis that large language models could revolutionize policy research methodologies.
The single-day event yielded compelling evidence that LLMs can substantially accelerate traditional think tank operations. Participants developed a spectrum of applications ranging from practical utilities to speculative innovations: from business card digitization frameworks to regulatory compliance time-estimation protocols.
Projects that people were willing to share are on the projects page of the website.