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Engine filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
Engine filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, arguing that Internet service providers and other intermediaries should not be held liable for users' alleged copyright infringment.
Tech, Trade, and Tariffs: the consequences of erecting barriers to startup success
A look at how punitive trade policy that focuses on the imposition of new tariffs undermines goodwill with trading partners, invites retaliatory trade barriers, and threatens the vitality of digital trade policies relied upon by startups.
Mapping the future: charting the AI ecosystem & a policy blueprint for startup success
Artificial intelligence is a foundational technology driving innovation in every corner of the economy.
Request for Public Comment Regarding Technology Platform Censorship
Engine filed comments with the FTC in response to the agency's request for public comment regarding "censorship" on "technology platforms.”
Engine submitted a letter to a key congressional committee outlining startup priorities in the tax package
Engine submitted a letter to a key congressional committee outlining startup priorities in the tax package
Letter to HFSC on the accredited investor Definition for the March 25 hearing
Engine sent a letter to the house Financial Services Committee urging Congress to expand the accredited investor definition
Response of Engine Advocacy regarding Request for Information on the Development of an AI Action Plan
Engine submitted comments with our ideas about what policymakers should do (and avoid doing) to support startup growth in the AI ecosystem
Engine Statement regarding Small Business Investment Act of 2025
Engine Statement regarding Small Business Investment Act of 2025
Engine releases 2025 Startup Agenda
Engine released the 2025 Startup Policy Agenda showcasing how smart, thoughtful policy facilitates and encourages startup activity, leading to more innovation and more economic and job growth. The Agenda gives those working on policy an overview of the issues that are currently impacting—and the debates that stand to impact—startups.
Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2025
Engine released the 2025 Startup Policy Playbook to give members of the startup ecosystem—founders, employees, investors, and support organizations—an overview of the policy conversations happening this year and how they can get involved in amplifying the startup voice. There’s lots to do, and lots to do better, and this playbook highlights why shaping innovation-friendly policies matters to startups.
Engine, INCOMPAS File Joint Amici Curiae Brief on the FCC’s 2024 Safeguarding the Open Internet Order
Washington – As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law plans a hearing Wednesday on the law that enables online services to host user-generated content, diverse organizations from academics to industry to public interest groups sent a letter to Subcommittee leaders. The letter acknowledges that Section 230 is the legal framework that enables anyone to create spaces online where user communities can gather and share content, to the benefit of Internet users and online expression.
Engine releases additional resources on startups and age verification
To help policymakers better understand what these issues mean for startups and their users, we’re releasing an updated version of the report, one-pager, and video explainers of the impacts of age verification and the policy proposals that prompt it.
Engine Statement regarding Senate Tax Vote
Engine Statement on Senate Vote on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
Engine statement on SCOTUS Decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Engine statement on SCOTUS Decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Engine releases ‘Innovation For All’ report
The U.S. startup ecosystem is anchored by the premise that anyone—no matter their race, gender, sexual identity, background, or location—with an idea and the will, can launch a startup and grow a successful company.
Engine releases report on how determining user age impacts startups
How determining user age impacts startups
42 startups and support organizations sign letter supporting strong digital trade policy
A coalition of 42 U.S. startups, investors, and startup support organizations across 18 states sent a letter urging U.S. trade policymakers to support the growth and competitiveness of the startup ecosystem through smart digital trade policy. The letter calls on policymakers to support policies enabling cross-border data flows, making permanent the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions, and providing resources to help startups compete abroad.
Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2024
Engine released the 2024 Startup Policy Playbook, to help give members of the startup ecosystem—startup founders and employees, investors, and support organizations—an overview of the policy conversations happening this year and how they can get involved in amplifying the startup voice.
Engine releases 2024 Startup Agenda
Engine released the 2024 Startup Policy Agenda, highlighting for policymakers the issues impacting the startup ecosystem, including the startup companies, investors, and support organizations across the country. The Agenda features startup founders discussing in their own words the obstacles they’ve faced as they launch new and innovative businesses and the ways policies have helped and hurt them.
Engine submitted an amicus brief to SCOTUS in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton
Engine submitted an amicus brief to SCOTUS in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton