Regulatory Consulting at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Overview

ITIF is a dedicated tech-policy think tank with a pro-innovation, pragmatic-regulatory stance. Its Center for Data Innovation is a leading voice on AI, data, and internet policy. In 2025 ITIF became especially visible arguing for a coherent national AI framework and federal preemption of the growing patchwork of state AI laws.

AI-Focused Regulatory Work

ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation is the pro-innovation pole of the AI-regulation debate, and in 2025–26 it became one of the loudest voices arguing that a fragmenting patchwork of state AI laws threatens U.S. competitiveness and that federal preemption is the fix. With Daniel Castro stepping into the presidency, its influence on the state-versus-federal fight is worth tracking closely.

Notable AI Policy Work

• Center for Data Innovation research and polling on U.S. public sentiment toward AI (‘How Americans Feel About AI’).
• Advocacy for federal preemption of fragmented state AI laws; commentary on the Dec 2025 White House AI executive order.
• Analysis on adversarial AI distillation / model theft as a national-security and AI-safety risk.
• Annual AR/VR Policy Conference (with the XR Association).

Thought Leadership

1. Center for Data Innovation
   Publication or insight from Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) on AI policy.
2. The White House AI Order Sends the Right Message on Fragmented State Laws (Dec 2025)
   Publication or insight from Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) on AI policy.
3. How Americans Feel About AI — and Why It Matters for Policy
   Publication or insight from Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) on AI policy.

Clients

Nonpartisan think tank (foundation and corporate supporters).