Keystone
A free public service · your state’s AI coordination hub

AI reached your work. Help reached your street.

Whatever you do - run a shop, work a farm, process claims, teach a class - tell us what you’re trying to do in plain words, and we’ll walk you to the right next step with a real person at the end of it.

Free Plain language Cited answers A person when it matters

What do you need help with?

Plain language. I’ll show you how things work and who can help.

Try asking

Every walk of life

Eight neighbors. Eight questions. Watch each one get real help.

These aren’t testimonials - they’re live demonstrations. Every card sends its exact question to the running system: you’ll see the cited answer, the warm handoff, or the honest “this needs a human” - whichever the question truly deserves.

The machine-shop owner

Manufacturing · Cedar Rapids · 22 people

I run a machine shop - can AI actually help me quote faster?

A cited answer on AI-assisted estimating, then a warm handoff to the state's manufacturing extension center.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

The row-crop farmer

Agriculture · near Ames · 1,800 acres

Where do I start with AI for crop scouting on a working farm?

Real first steps from Extension - and the missing precision-ag credential is logged as demand, not papered over.

The honest gapAsk it live

The claims processor

Workforce · Des Moines · 12 years in

AI is coming to my claims job - what training moves me up?

Training pathways with citations; eligibility questions go to a named human at the job center, never a guess.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

The main-street retailer

Small business · a town of 4,000

Is AI even for a small-town store like mine?

Three things stores his size already do - and the kindest next step when staff are ahead of their systems.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

The nurse manager

Health care · a 48-bed rural hospital

Can we use AI for clinical documentation without breaking HIPAA?

Governed adoption: what stays human is written down before anything gets automated.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

The county administrator

Public sector · a benefits office

We want AI to help decide benefits applications - where do we start?

Stopped at the governance gate: no automated denials, a mandatory human decision, a named person to work with.

A human decidesAsk it live

The CTE teacher

Education · a regional high school

What AI should I actually teach my students this fall?

The federal AI-literacy tiers, mapped onto the programs she already runs - not a new course to staff.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

The veteran shop owner

Veteran-owned business · Council Bluffs

Veteran-owned auto shop here - who helps people like me with AI?

Routed through the veteran-serving channel, with reach recorded - so coverage is measured, never assumed.

Answered, with citationsAsk it live

From your question to real help

No wrong door. Here’s exactly what happens after you ask.

1. Tell us what you need

In your own words - no forms, no jargon. A sentence is enough.

2. We find the right fit

A trusted local partner or program that matches what you're trying to do.

3. You get real help

A real person or program near you - free.

4. We follow up

We check that you actually got what you needed. No one falls through the cracks.

Help you can check

These aren’t values statements - each one is a behavior you can test in the demonstrations above. Try to make it guess. It won’t.

Ask your own question
Only what sources say
Every answer quotes official, dated sources - you can see the citation under every claim. When we don't know, we say so.
A person, when it matters
Anything that touches your rights or benefits goes to a named human. AI never decides about you.
Private by default
Ask anonymously. Your details move only if you ask for a handoff, only with your consent.
Honest about gaps
If the help you need doesn't exist here yet, we log the gap and it drives what gets built next - we never pretend.

Behind this front door

Every question above flows into a working coordination engine: a hub console that routes each need through four gates to a verified outcome, and a national view that watches coverage move across jurisdictions. Walk in - the demo signs you in silently.

The concept