Our mission is to partner with municipal agencies in New York City and beyond to envision a more inclusive, adaptive, and digitally native way to administer urban living  through the delivery of public technology by rapidly prototyping using device, data and decisions.

We deeply appreciate any form of support towards realizing this effort.

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ARGO Labs is a partner project of  the , a non-profit organization that was established by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. For over three decades, in partnership with government agencies, nonprofit institutions and foundations, the Fund has developed and helped to implement innovations in policy, programs, practices and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York City and beyond.

Project SQUID was inspired by an that was prototyped by FCNY's Center on Government Performance in 1997 where laser profilometers were driven across the city with the intent to measure and eventually manage the street's of New York City.