Overview
News
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$1.2M
1 round on record
Latest round
$1.2M
Venture round · Jan 2025 · 20 mo ago
Team
19
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
4
open roles
The money's age
Due for its next round
20 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 21, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $1.2M · SEC Form D 2024 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jan 2025 $1.2M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Tavern Research Inc SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Avi ZenilmanExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Keenan CresslanExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Matthew LackeyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Justin BurchardExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Tavern Research specializes in opinion research, AI-powered content creation, message testing, and strategic insights to inform campaigns and influence public opinion effectively.

News

News tavernresearch.substack.com 2 months ago
Tavern nailed four primaries in a row. Here's the proof.
TOPLINE
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News Bangor Daily News 2 months ago
Inside the Democratic jockeying to replace GrahamPlatner
After the sexual assault allegation broke, leading Maine Democrats and their allies scrambled to position themselves for the nod.
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News natesilver.net 2 months ago
Don't invest your political capital in sketchy people
Political parties don't get to wait for courtroom certainty. Graham Platner has given Democrats far too many reasons to cut their losses.
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News NBC News 2 months ago
Graham Platner considering 'best path forward' in Maine Senate race after denying sexual assault claim
Jenny Racicot, who once dated Platner, said he showed up at her home in 2021 and forced himself on her. Platner said the allegation is
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Tavern Research over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
Python
JavaScript
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Full Tavern Research tech stack 8 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

People

Avi Zenilman
Executive Officer, Director
Keenan Cresslan
Executive Officer, Director
Matthew Lackey
Executive Officer, Director
Justin Burchard
Executive Officer, Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
31/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~1 days
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Chicago
Chicago United States
HQ
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Data Science, Industrial Engineering
seen since Jan 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $94k – $179k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Chicago
Python
Embeddings
AI Agents
Machine Learning
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≈ $77k – $170k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Chicago
Python
Embeddings
AI Agents
Machine Learning
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$1.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $1.2M Details