Startup Hamlet sells city council sentiment data on data-center projects

Startup Hamlet scrapes local government video recordings of city council meetings and tags public comments as friendly or hostile to potential projects, according to CEO Sunil Rajaraman, who spoke to Semafor.

He says a large fund that finances data centers and a data-center developer are among the paying customers, looking for signs of a possible moratorium. Other customers include real estate developers, political action committees, and retailers.

The company also launched rankings of where cities and counties stand on issues ranging from zoning laws to pickleball, plus a portal where people can look up what their elected officials have said.