cite a lack of awareness as a barrier to using digital public services more.
Germany · eGovernment MONITOR 2025 ↗
Our manifesto / Our reason for building
Democracy has
to work for people.
People should be able to exercise their rights and shape the decisions that affect their lives. We build for the law firms and public institutions that help make this possible.
Our mission: We want to expand human agency with AI.
What happens when people
feel they have no say?
Democracy promises people a share of power. The OECD’s research shows how closely trust in government is associated with whether people feel they can influence it.
OECD average · 2025 survey · published 2026
OECD / Read the researchThe relationship with institutions is also built in everyday encounters.
OECD research finds that satisfaction with administrative and social services, and perceptions of fair treatment, are strongly associated with trust in the civil service.
Read the researchFor Drift, access to justice and public services is part of making democratic rights real.
The distance between a right and being able to use it
say German laws are too complicated for ordinary people to understand.
Germany · ROLAND Rechtsreport 2024 ↗Our mission
We want to expand
human agency
with AI.

That means giving people more power to act on their rights and opportunities. Our contribution starts with the organisations that help them do it.
Putting our purpose to work
We’re your
scaling partner.
We work with the organisations people turn to for legal help and public services. Explore how Drift can support yours.
Explore what Drift doesResearch behind the thesis
The research establishes the context for our mission. These findings are not measurements of Drift’s impact.
- 01OECD, 2026: political agency and trust. The 69% and 22% figures are subgroup averages across OECD countries in the 2025 survey, not German figures or a causal estimate.
- 02OECD, 2022: service satisfaction, fairness and trust in the civil service. Findings based on the 2021 Trust Survey.
- 03eGovernment MONITOR 2025, p. 28: 36% cite insufficient awareness as a barrier to greater use. Germany, survey respondents.
- 04ROLAND Rechtsreport 2024, p. 7: 55% view German laws as too complicated for ordinary citizens. Allensbach survey commissioned by ROLAND.
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