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Comments of Engine Advocacy on the Operation of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada
Engine weighed into the U.S. Trade Representative's review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement with comments highlighting how essential provisions in the Agreement's digital trade chapter are delivering for startups.
Response of Engine Advocacy regarding Request for Information; Regarding Employer Noncompete Agreements
Engine submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission outlining how overly broad noncompete agreements harm innovation by limiting worker mobility.
Comments of Engine Advocacy on Significant Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report
Engine submitted comments to the U.S. Trade Representative as the agency compiles the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report on foreign trade barriers.
Response of Engine Advocacy to DHS Wage weighting proposal
Engine submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security on its proposed rule to replace the H-1B lottery system with a wage weighted alternative
Letter in response to new $100,000 H-1B visa fee
Letter in response to new $100,000 H-1B visa fee
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.