THE DOCUMENT
600pp
600 pages. One PDF.
The Tennessee governor's proposed budget is a single PDF document released annually. There is no database, no API, no structured feed — just text, tables, and footnotes embedded in a static file.
Real-Time Legislative Clarity
Every state budget.Every line.Every legislator.
One platform.
FloorBrief turns legislative budget documents into a queryable, real-time database — with every answer linked back to the source page. Built for the analysts and legislators who currently do this work by hand.
The Status Quo
Legislative budgeting runs on PDFs.
In an era of real-time data, the most consequential financial documents in state government are still hand-parsed.
THE CYCLE
5docs
Five documents. No database.
Proposed budget → hearings → administration amendment → legislative amendment → public chapter. Five separate artifacts, no shared schema. Analysts reconcile them by hand, every cycle.
THE COST
60–80%
Most analyst hours are clerical.
Skilled analysts spend the majority of cycle time on document handling — searching, reconciling, transcribing — rather than on the judgment work that justifies their seniority.
THE GAP
0tools
Real-time decisions, after-the-fact data.
Legislators walk into hearings without queryable access to the documents they are debating. By the time analysis reaches them, the moment has passed. There is no purpose-built tool for this workflow.
The Core Loop
PDFs in. Decisions out.
FloorBrief turns budget documents into a queryable database of every dollar — with every answer linked back to its source page.
- 01Ingest
System pulls the governor's budget PDF on release, or analyst uploads it. 600 pages, structured and unstructured.
- 02Extract
AI agent reads every page and pulls out every line item: agency, program, fund source, fiscal year, amount.
- 03Link
Each line is matched to the same line in past cycles and across in-cycle amendments. Continuity, automatically.
- 04Query
Legislator searches a department or program. App returns numbers, deltas, history, suggested questions.
- 05Cite
Every answer links back to the exact PDF page. No black boxes. Trust by traceability.
“The AI lives upstream, in the pipeline. The user just sees a fast, accurate, searchable budget — on their phone, in committee, in real time.”
The Product
Three screens. One workflow.
The AI is invisible. Users see a fast, sourced, searchable budget app — designed for committee rooms, not boardrooms.
FY2027 Budget Cycle — Tennessee
Total Appropriation
$59.8B
▲ +3.4% vs FY2026
Top Movers
- K-12 Basic Ed Program+$247M
- TennCare+$189M
- Dept. of Correction+$94M
- Higher Education+$72M
Cycle Documents
- Proposed BudgetINGESTED
- Admin AmendmentINGESTED
- Public ChapterPENDING
Cycle Dashboard
The home screen — what's in the cycle, where the money moved.
“basic education program”
Line Item
Basic Education Program
Dept. of Education · State Funds
$5.847B
▲ +$247M (+4.4%) vs FY2026
Five-Year History
- FY2023$5.21B
- FY2024$5.38B
- FY2025$5.47B
- FY2026$5.60B
- FY2027$5.85B
SOURCE: Proposed Budget pp. 247–249
SOURCE: Admin Amendment p. 14
Line-Item Explorer
Where analysts live. Search, drill in, cite the source.
Finance Committee · 9:00 AM
Now Testifying
Commissioner — DoT
Department of Transportation
Suggested Questions
“The $94M increase in highway maintenance — is that one-time or recurring?”
SOURCE: Proposed Budget p. 412
“Bridge inspection funding fell $12M from last cycle. What's driving the decrease?”
SOURCE: Admin Amendment p. 38
“Federal match assumptions for IIJA — what rate are you projecting?”
SOURCE: Proposed Budget pp. 419–421
Quick lookup…
Hearing Companion
Mobile-first. Built for three minutes between agenda items.
Before & After
A legislator prepares for a DoT hearing.
Same person. Same hearing. Different tooling. The contrast is the pitch.
Today
Manual, late, blind
- 01Member asks staff for a hearing brief on Department of Transportation.
- 02Staffer spends four hours pulling numbers from three separate PDFs.
- 03Brief lands in the member's inbox the morning of the hearing.
- 04Member skims it on the way to the Capitol.
- 05Unexpected number comes up in testimony. No way to verify it. Moment passes.
~4 hours staff time per hearing. Multiplied across a session, this is the dominant cost of legislative budgeting.
With FloorBrief
Instant, sourced, live
- 01Member opens app the night before. Taps "DoT hearing tomorrow."
- 02Brief generates instantly — deltas, history, suggested questions.
- 03Staff reviews and adds judgment. 45 minutes, not 4 hours.
- 04In the hearing, an unexpected number comes up. Member types it into the app.
- 05App shows the source page in two seconds. Member asks a sharp follow-up.
~45 minutes per hearing. ~80% reduction in document-handling time. The hours saved go back into actual judgment work.
The Market
Small market. Deep moats.
Fewer than 100 customers in the world. Government software is slow to win — and exceptionally sticky once won.
| Segment | Customers |
|---|---|
| U.S. State Legislatures | 50 |
| Major Metropolitan Councils | ~40 |
| U.S. Congress | 1 |
| Federal Adjacencies (CBO, OMB-adjacent) | ~6 |
Wedge
One state. One pilot. One referenceable case study. Tennessee first — nothing else until it works.
Expansion
Southeastern states next. Then major metros. Then federal. Each win compounds the next.
Endgame
Congress is the goose that lays the golden eggs. Multi-year, referenceable, defensible. Earn it.
Early Access
Be first in line.
FloorBrief launches its Tennessee pilot in fall 2026. If you work in legislative budgeting, public finance, or government technology — get in touch and we'll be back to you when access opens.
Pilot launches with the Tennessee General Assembly, September 2026.