What a modern government should look like (Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins) | Summit 2025

What if government worked the way modern technology allows it to?

In conversation with host Jeff Berman at Masters of Scale Summit in October, Promise co-founder and CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins explains how AI can dramatically reduce waste in public programs while treating people with dignity. Instead of forcing citizens to repeatedly “prove” they qualify for aid, Promise uses existing government data to proactively deliver assistance.

Phaedra argues that efficient government shouldn’t be partisan. Republican and Democratic leaders alike benefit from systems that are cheaper to run, easier to use, and more effective at helping people who rely on programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and utility relief.

Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
01:34 What is Promise?
04:05 How Promise works in practice
06:02 “Republican governors are my favorite clients”
08:01 Where the government wastes money
09:17 Inside Promise’s impact on people
12:37 “Government should be run by robots”
15:15 Why Phaedra focuses on modernizing government

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