The initiative is led by the Napolitan Institute, a non-profit founded to amplify the voice of the American people. The Napolitan Institute is partnering with Jigsaw, a tech incubator within Google, as its technology partner for the conversation.

The partnership is an ambitious undertaking: a first-of-its-kind online conversation between Americans in every congressional district that we hope will unveil nuanced viewpoints on who we are as a country.

There will be multiple conversations happening between September 2025 and July 2026, with a group of participants from across the country. Participants will begin by responding to open-ended questions, first putting their initial thoughts into words, and then are prompted by Jigsaw's AI to explore their ideas further.

Participants will then reflect on, and react to, the contributions of other Americans in the conversation, including ranking distilled opinions, then vote on 'propositions' generated from the prior input, resulting in a quantitative conclusion to a largely qualitative conversation, thanks to the power AI. This will allow for better understanding of where Americans most, or least, agree on certain themes.

The Napolitan Institute has contracted with the recruitment firm, Rep Data, to recruit a minimum of five citizens from every congressional district in the nation. The full sample will be broadly representative of the population of U.S. citizens along the dimensions of sex, age, race, and political affiliation. Demographic targets for sex, age, and race are aligned to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement estimate of the national population of U.S. citizens. To learn more about the demographic targets for the project please view our recruitment methodology.

Although participants will be recruited from every congressional district, the overall process will not be representative at the congressional district level, due to small sample sizes per district. Nonetheless, recruiting from every congressional district will ensure geographic representation. The full sample will nonetheless be representative of the population of U.S. citizens at the national level.

All participants in the conversations are randomly selected and therefore we cannot accommodate volunteers for this experience at this time. However, we'd love for you to stay informed on the results of the initiative by signing up below for updates and information on future opportunities to shape the living, breathing portrait of Americans for the 250th anniversary of the United States!

The first round of the insights will be released in late 2025. Subsequent results will be released throughout 2026, leading up to the 250th celebration on July 4th. Again, if you would like to be kept in the loop on the results, feel free to sign up for updates below!

Each conversation throughout 2026 will have a public summary report of findings and insights that will be released on this website. The project will culminate in a final report to coincide with America's 250th birthday. Our main goal is to ensure American voices and opinions are heard in a way never before possible, enabled by Google's AI.

We are also committed to full transparency. All of the participants' anonymized responses along with the AI generated questions will be published publicly in their entirety for anyone to inspect. The code and Gemini prompts will also be open sourced.

The conversation experience and analysis described will be made possible by the next iteration of Jigsaw's sensemaking technology - first used in Bowling Green, Kentucky in one of America's largest-ever digital town halls. The technology uses Google Gemini to enable deep personal reflection, the capturing of nuance in opinions at scale, and the sharing of meaningful insights in people's own words.