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Re: Predictive Analytics for Political Campaigns: Introduction to QuantiFind.

From:robbymook@gmail.com To: cheryl.mills@gmail.com CC: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-02-05 02:18 Subject: Re: Predictive Analytics for Political Campaigns: Introduction to QuantiFind.

Elan investigating On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote: > I assume no interest or so you all want a presentation? > > Best. > > cdm > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> > *Date:* February 4, 2015 at 10:51:42 PM EST > *To:* "grundfest@stanford.edu" <grundfest@stanford.edu> > *Cc:* Ari Tuchman <ari@quantifind.com> > *Subject:* *Re: Predictive Analytics for Political Campaigns: > Introduction to QuantiFind.* > > Dear Joe > > It is great to hear from you - thank you so much for reaching out - I > really appreciate it. > > I am in Tanzania en route to Ghana and then home on Sunday. > > Let me connect with a few folks and revert on Monday is that works? > > Best. > > cdm > > On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Joe Grundfest <joelaw@law.stanford.edu> > wrote: > > Cheryl: > > It's been way too long since we touched base, and I hope this email isn't > too presumptuous. > > QuantiFind is a local big data analytics company that was founded by two > quantum physicists out of Stanford. I serve on the company's board and > recently learned that it has been approached about applying its analytics > to political campaigns. The approach has been by the Republican National > Committee. > > The company has first rate venture capital backing (Andreesen Horowitz, > Redpoint, US Ventures, Comcast, Publicis) and top of the line commercial > clients, including Disney, Pepsi, Heineken, and Taco Bell, all of whom > are willing to provide references. As you might surmise, clients of this > quality don't come to a Silicon Valley start up run by a bunch of > physicists unless the company has something special and valuable to offer. > > QuantiFind's products fall in the category of predictive analytics, but > for reasons I won't bore you with here, they are unlike any other > predictive analytics of which I am aware. Simply put, the physicists have > figured out how to pull actionable intelligence from social network > information that can be used to allocate media budgets, design campaign > ads, and help strategize campaign positions. In other words, they can help > you manage your media and your message so as to optimize your ability to > attract votes. > > There is very little press on the company, by design, but the following > might be generally useful: > > > http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141216005134/en/Quantifind-Introduces-Signum-Delivering-On-Demand-Brand-Strategy#.VJBqa6TF9DB > > The company has no political tilt, and is happy to work with either or > both major parties. Obviously, if it is going to work for both, it will > have to follow strict confidentiality and segregation of function > protocols, all of which can, I believe be appropriately implemented and > monitored. > > If it were up to me, I'd prefer that they work exclusively for the > Democratic side of the fence, but that might not be in the cards. As a > second best, I'd rather have both parties gain access to the technology > than have the other side of the aisle monopolize the opportunity. > > If any of this makes sense from your perspective, what's the best way to > proceed? > > I am copying the company's CEO, Ari Tuchman, on this email so that you can > deal directly with him as well. > > Hope you are doing well, and I suspect that you are as busy as can be. > > Regards, > > Joe Grundfest > > > Professor Joseph A. Grundfest > The William A. Franke Professor of Law and Business > Senior Faculty, Rock Center on Corporate Governance > Stanford Law School > 559 Nathan Abbott Way > Stanford Ca 94305 > Tel: 650.723.0458 > Fax: 650.723.8229 > >