Working AI on the data most teams can't touch.

I'm Josh Elberg, founder of Palavir. I build production AI and data tools, solo, for companies working with messy, regulated data: healthcare and Medicare claims, fraud signals, government and public records, legal research, and dealership operations. Most engagements ship a working pipeline in days, not a six-month roadmap. Vendor-neutral: I build it, I do not resell it.

15+ live AI products, shipped solo. Based in metro Detroit, serving Southeast Michigan.

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Featured research

Original analysis using real federal data and open methodology

968K PPP loans analyzed

State of Fraud in America

ML models on federal data found 19,371 anomalous loans worth $32.4B. 5 of the top 10 corporate anomalies had confirmed fraud.

4,445 hospitals clustered

Hospital Quality & Survival

Unsupervised ML on CMS data reveals which hospital characteristics actually predict better outcomes.

5,446 sites scanned

ADA Lawsuit Risk by Industry

Real accessibility scan data across 12 industries showing which sectors face the highest compliance risk.

433-node graph

Federal Spending Network

Force-directed network visualization of federal spending flows across agencies and recipients.

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Software we build and run

8 live products serving real users

Brighten

Stop losing great people to poor recognition

FindGrants

Find grants that match your organization

Area Recon

Know your market before you commit

SkipEntry

Upload messy PDFs. Get clean data.

OnePageAudit

Find accessibility issues before lawyers do

GovBids

Government contracts, decoded

NewFilings

Fresh business leads from state filings

BuzzwordBingo

Turn boring meetings into a game

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How we work

Research

We analyze public federal datasets and publish interactive reports with real methodology. All data from real sources, all code open.

Build

We ship production software that solves real problems. Grant matching, invoice extraction, accessibility scanning, government contract intelligence.

Consult

We help companies adopt AI, build analytics systems, and make better decisions with data. From strategy to hands-on implementation.

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Built by a practitioner, not a consultancy

15 years of enterprise data work at Home Depot, MRM, Merkle, and PLI. Now building production AI products and publishing original data research independently.

The combination of enterprise depth and builder mentality means the work is practical, not theoretical. Everything ships.

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Technologies & platforms

Data reports published

Live products

Service area

National

Selected work

Operations & Finance

CRM Plus Commodity-Pricing Automation for a Metals Distributor

Reps pricing by hand in a half-configured CRM → A CRM that prices itself

Platform Modernization

Data-Modernization Discovery for a Multi-Billion-Dollar Dealer Group

Month-end close run by hand in Excel → A lakehouse blueprint and a fractional build plan

Governance & Compliance

Case-Intelligence Portal for a Healthcare FCA Matter

Evidence scattered across federal datasets → One access-gated case-intelligence portal

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