Civic Roundtable featured in Tech:NYC’s 5 GovTech founders helping cities work better

Watch Tech:NYC’s interview with Civic Roundtable cofounder Austin Boral about the importance of building technology that works for public servants. 

What does your company do? What problem is it working to solve?

Austin Boral: Civic Roundtable is an AI-powered government operations platform that helps public agencies coordinate people, knowledge, and work across agencies and partners. Most government programs span multiple departments and external organizations, but the tools public servants rely on were built for single organizations. As a result, information is fragmented, partners lack visibility, and institutional knowledge is lost. We replace that patchwork with one secure platform that helps public servants collaborate, preserve knowledge, and run complex programs more effectively.

How do you view the tech sector’s role in transforming government efficiency in the U.S.?‍

Technology shouldn’t replace public servants, it should empower them. The tech sector’s role is to build infrastructure that reduces administrative burden, preserves institutional knowledge, and helps people collaborate across organizational and technical boundaries. In New York, we have the privilege of partnering with the Board of Elections to improve day-to-day coordination and knowledge management among election officials. 

Through this work, we’ve learned firsthand that government efficiency isn’t about moving faster at all costs — it’s about helping agencies work together effectively and make better decisions. When our tech is designed with and for public servants, we can meaningfully improve outcomes for communities and constituents.

Read the full interview on Tech:NYC at: https://www.blog.technyc.org/news/companies-to-watch-govtech-2026#civicroundtable