Cosilico
ecosystem map
NSF POSE · Winter 2026
Arrow types
revenue
ideas / feedback
technical / API
data / analysis
influence
Government
Commercial / Financial
AI / Tech
Data / Platforms
Funding
Implement tax rules accurately
Calculate eligibility
(vs Chainbridge, Deloitte)
Tax calcs, imputation,
ACA subsidies
($0.02/household API)
RLVR signals, function calling
(verifiable policy ground truth)
200+ attributes from minimal input
(Microplex enrichment)
Cosilico
Public Benefit Corp — production infrastructure
Cosilico Rules
Deterministic calculations
Rules API
Verifier API (RLVR)
Eligibility engines
Cosilico Simulate
Statistical modeling
Microsim API
Imputation
Microplex
Open source core (AGPL) · Hosted API (paid)
3
AI labs
Research Scientist, Product Lead
(Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind)
compute + revenue
2
AI agent builders
Engineer, PM at enterprise AI
(Enterprise AI vendors)
$10B+ enterprise AI mkt
3
State revenue departments
IT Director, Tax Administrator
(State tax agencies)
$1B+ state IT contracts
vs Chainbridge, Corticon
3
Benefits agencies
Program Dir, Systems Mgr
(SNAP, TANF, Medicaid)
$500M+ eligibility contracts
vs Deloitte, Accenture
3
Tax software vendors
PM, Engineer
(TurboTax, H&R Block, TaxAct)
$90B+ tax software mkt
2
Financial planners
CFP, Wealth Mgr, Robo-advisor PM
(Betterment, Wealthfront)
$5B+ wealth tech mkt
2
Banks / lenders
CDO, Underwriting Lead
(Banks, mortgage, fintechs)
$100B+ consumer lending
2
Insurance / actuaries
Actuary, Compliance Officer
(Health insurers, ACA mktplace)
$50B+ health ins admin
2
Marketing / data platforms
Data Science Lead, Audience PM
(LiveRamp, Acxiom)
$2.4B+ data enrichment mkt
2
Benefit platform builders
PM, Engineer at screeners
(Benefits screeners, fintech)
API + feedback
2
VC / Impact investors
VC Partner, Impact Investor
(Impact VCs, ESG funds)
investment capital
2
Quant finance / Econ sim
Quant Researcher, Economist
(Barclays, hedge funds, QURI)
$500B+ quant finance
compute + $
Verifier API
API $
citations
paid contracts
auditable rules
contracts
eligibility engine
$0.02/hh
Rules API
API $
tax calcs
API $
Microplex
API $
ACA rules
API $
Microplex data
$ + feedback
eligibility API
investment $
impact metrics
API $
microsim
Assumptions to test
1. Gov agencies buy OSS rules?
2. $0.02/hh beats internal build?
3. AI labs pay for verifier?
4. Microplex accurate enough?
Business model
Open source core (AGPL)
Hosted API: pay-per-call
Enterprise: contract pricing
Two product lines
Rules: statute → code (9 segments)
Simulate: data → inference (3 segments)
Most segments touch Rules