CalCities AI Happy Hour
Join us for drinks, snacks, and chats — sponsored by the folks at Holly, GovWell, and Edwin — during the California League of Cities Annual Conference!
Network, relax, and learn a bit about how AI can power the public sector. We'll be meeting at Parkestry Rooftop Bar, walking distance from the convention center, and we'd love to have you!
About Holly: Holly is on a mission to empower the public sector with the workforce it deserves. Our dream is a future where public sector HR professionals can focus on serving people, not managing paperwork and where governments are fully staffed and well-equipped with the best talent in the workforce. Our AI-powered classification, compensation, and labor relations platform works to do just that, ensuring local government HR teams stay competitive in talent markets and are able to lead effective, data-informed negotiations. Founded by Brendan Hellweg and Cherie Chung in 2024, Holly was built by people who know the public sector inside-and-out, from first-hand experience and thousands (and counting!) of conversations.
About GovWell: GovWell’s mission is to help governments deliver faster, clearer, and more accessible public services. Starting with tools for building permits, licenses, code enforcement, and planning and zoning, GovWell is building the operating system for modern civic life — a single, integrated platform that connects the tools governments need and the services people rely on. The result is a simpler and more responsive government that meets residents’ expectations in the digital age.
About Edwin: Edwin is on a mission to make public money work harder. We are building the financial operating system purpose-built for local governments, bringing treasury management, automated bank reconciliation, compliance, and reporting into one platform. Finance teams using Edwin close the books faster, cut costs, and earn new revenue without raising taxes. Edwin was built and founded by people working at the intersection of cutting-edge financial infrastructure and the public sector, on the belief that public finance teams deserve tools that match or beat what the private sector already runs on.