Jacob Wohl runs a pseudonymous AI lobbying company

LobbyMatic boasts on its website that its AI-powered software can do it all — like automatically monitoring congressional hearings or “supercharging research” on legislative and regulatory issues.

Jumping into the AI ​​hype is a respectable career move. The problem is that sources have pointed out politico Wohl and Burkman run the firm under the pseudonyms “Jay Klein” and “Bill Sanders.”

There is no leadership listed on LobbyMatic’s official website. A company named LobbyMatic that is registered in Delaware lists its registered agent as “A Registered Agent, Inc.” When contacted for comment, LobbyMatic emailed The Verge with a link to a video A man resembling Jacob WohlIn the video, he admits that “years ago I was involved in partisan politics.” Later in the video, he adds, “I don’t want my past in partisan politics a half-decade ago to distract from a phenomenal product.”

At no point has this individual explicitly identified himself as Wohl, nor responded to claims that he is running a company under a false name.

politicoThe report is based primarily on four former employees, whom they are keeping anonymous. Its case can be summarized thus:

When? The Verge Emailed Lobbymatic, we received an email with nothing Hyperlink to a post on X Posted by an account called @TheLobbyistGuy. The post says “Explanation of the situation” and features a four minute and forty-one second video of a man who looks like Jacob Wohl. “There was a news story published today that I’d like to respond to,” the man says. “It’s no secret that years ago I was involved in partisan politics. It’s certainly no secret in Washington, D.C. It was about half a decade ago, I was a young man, and since then, I’ve taken my energies in a new direction.”

He then submits a sales proposal for his software.