Alexis de Tocqueville Institution

The Alexis de Tocqueville companies AdTI was the Washington, D.C. based think tank.

AdTI was named after the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville. Founded in 1988, its president was Ken Brown as well as its chairman was Gregory Fossedal. At its peak it had 14 full-time staff researchers. In 2006, the agency ceased nearly operations, issuing its last press release in 2007 to announce that its former chairman was running for President of the United States.

Funding

Microsoft had been one of the Institution's backers for five years, although a Microsoft spokesman said they had non funded any specific research.