Why this exists.
Wildfire was started by one person from Chicago's South Side, with a specific complaint and a specific plan. This page is the complaint, the plan, the rules it runs under — and the questions you should ask us.
Wildfire started on Chicago's South Side, where a neighbor got tired of yelling into the void. Alderperson emails went unanswered. Town halls were theater. Budget decisions happened behind closed doors.
So this got built instead: a place where what a block notices becomes a petition on the alderperson's desk, where delivery is time-stamped, and where silence is exactly as visible as an answer. And running under all of it: Sparks — where the city notices things out loud, all day, in three languages.
I grew up on Chicago's South Side. I've watched City Council meetings where alderpersons vote on things that change my neighborhood — and nobody in my neighborhood knew the vote was happening.
The problem isn't that Chicagoans don't care. The problem is that caring has never been connected to power. Your opinion lives in your group chat, not on your alderperson's desk. There's no way to prove that 500 of your neighbors agree with you. Individual voices are easy to dismiss. Collective data is not.
That's what Wildfire is. A system where every poll you vote on, every survey you complete, every discussion you join generates real data about what your community wants. That data goes directly to your elected officials — with a link for them to respond publicly. If they don't respond? That silence becomes part of their permanent public record.
I can't do this alone. Chicago needs your participation, your perspective, and your neighbors. This is ours to build. Let's make it too loud to ignore.
— Sergio, Founder
AI, working for the block — not the other way around. It drafts petitions from what neighbors already said. It never targets you, never builds a feed for you, never posts on its own, never speaks to an official, and never decides anything. Drafts only. Humans own everything.
Because it's new — and the numbers here only ever count real neighbors. Every name is dated and permanent — you'd be the next name on Chicago's record. The first hundred aren't early — they're founders.
Non-partisan — built that way. No party money, no endorsements, no candidate anything. The clock runs on every seat equally, whoever holds it. What's political here is the oldest kind: neighbors, organized.
We collect a first name, a ZIP, a phone number. We never sell it, share it with campaigns, or spam you. Texts today: sign-in codes. How we treat your number →
Today, Wildfire is paid for out of the founder's own pocket — all of it. No venture capital, no PAC money, no ads. If that ever changes, the change goes on this record first.
No. It drafts a petition from what neighbors already said, and every word stays editable and owned by the people who sign it. It never posts on its own and never speaks to an official.