Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a key element of innovation and competitiveness in the app economy. While many small developers have used AI and machine learning for years to look for bugs and to manipulate data, today the implementation models of AI are changing almost daily. Startups and small tech companies are at the forefront of this new AI revolution. As the regulatory landscape evolves, it is crucial to strike a balance between fostering innovation and protecting consumers and businesses from demonstrated harms. Policies must be crafted in a way that supports the diverse needs of the app economy, particularly the startups and small tech companies that rely on AI to compete and thrive in a dynamic market.
Connected Health
Technology has the power to improve patient engagement and health outcomes, but antiquated rules hold back innovation and adoption. From coverage and payment to interoperability and information blocking to privacy and security the stakes are high. In order to ensure that patients, provides, and the healthcare ecosystem as a whole can make beneficial use of digital health and AI tools rules must be updated to encourage innovation and adoption while addressing identifiable risks.
Funding and Taxes
Small teams need cross-border market access and predictable routes to funding and liquidity. Uncertainty around data flows, localisation, and merger review increases risk, tightens capital, and makes it harder for startups to scale and reinvest. For startups, scaleups, and small businesses, tax policy is not an abstraction. It is the difference between surviving a few bad quarters or shutting down, between hiring a fifth engineer or plateauting at four, and between scaling into a federal contract or staying stuck in bootstrap mode. Innovation first tax policy can make the difference between nurturing a vibrant local startup ecosystem, and forcing entrepreneurs to seek more fertile shores.