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Join the Tortoise 40 Public Beta.Help shape what’s next in planning.

We're opening Tortoise 40 to selected early users and institutional design partners. Explore digital engagement tools, project intelligence, meeting preparation and planning workflows while helping us improve the platform through real-world testing.

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PUBLIC BETA — APPLICATION REQUIRED

PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. PRIVATELY APPROVED.

The public site and the demonstrations stay open. A new workspace account is created only after an application has been reviewed and approved.

Who we are inviting

Three tracks, one application.

Explore Tortoise Shell, collaborate with Olive, and experience AI-assisted planning workflows. We are inviting selected individuals and organizations to test the platform, share feedback, and help improve the tools that support planning projects.

01

Individuals & Professionals

Independent planners, researchers, students, designers, consultants and community organizers.

Explore project creation, engagement tools, Olive and Tortoise Intelligence.

What we test together

  • Onboarding
  • Project setup
  • Surveys and polls
  • Document review
  • Olive
  • Basic Tortoise Intelligence
  • Export workflows

02

Firms & Consulting Teams

Planning firms, architecture and engineering firms, developers, research teams and professional consulting organizations.

Test collaboration, project management, engagement analysis and multi-user planning workflows.

What we test together

  • Team permissions
  • Multiple projects
  • Project collaboration
  • Engagement analysis
  • Meetings
  • Intelligence workflows
  • Reports

03

Jurisdictions & Institutions

Municipalities, regional agencies, universities, school districts, nonprofits and larger institutions.

Explore controlled design-partner pilots, project workflows, engagement administration and Tortoise Intelligence.

What we test together

  • Agency-oriented use cases
  • Administrative permissions
  • Project management
  • Source handling
  • Review and approval
  • Records and exports
  • Planning intelligence
  • Pilot performance

The pilot

What approved access includes.

A dated evaluation period
Sixty days by default, set by the Tortoise team and adjustable for a firm or an institution.
Complimentary access
Approved participation is free for the evaluation period. No payment is taken, no card is needed, and nothing converts into a subscription.
A defined allowance
Projects, users, storage and response records are agreed at approval, together with the Shell features and Intelligence tools switched on for your pilot.
Beta Intelligence credits
A complimentary test allowance, granted by the team. It is a beta allowance, not a purchase, and it is never billed as an overage.
A named contact
A Tortoise team member is responsible for your pilot from approval to completion.
Your data, exportable
Your own participation data can be exported. At the end of a pilot, records are preserved or returned under the applicable agreement rather than deleted without notice.

In return

What we ask of a beta participant.

Start with data you can safely share
Synthetic, example or publicly available project data first. Organization-owned non-sensitive material once you are comfortable.
Tell us what breaks
Bugs, confusing workflows, feature requests, AI response concerns and data or privacy concerns all reach the same private queue.
Review the intelligence
AI output stays a draft until a named person reviews it. Recommendations are subject to your professional judgement, always.
Let your institution review first
For a public-sector pilot, your own IT, legal, procurement and records-management review can happen before any real project data is used.

Tortoise 40 has not been independently certified against SOC 2, HIPAA or any government security authorization, and we do not claim otherwise. A public beta is not the right place for confidential governmental records. Anything restricted is handled under a separate agreement, after a permission review and technical clearance.

Application

Request beta access.

A short application, reviewed by hand. Applying does not create a workspace and does not start a subscription.

About you

Which track are you applying for?

Intended use

Features you want to test

What data will you work with?

Choose the most sensitive category you expect to use. Restricted, confidential or sensitive information should not be uploaded until an appropriate agreement, a permission review and technical clearance have taken place. Please do not send sensitive documents with this application.

Applications are reviewed by hand. Applying does not create a workspace, and no payment is ever taken during the beta.

Not ready to apply?

See the platform first.

The Creosote Valley demonstration is a working project, open to anyone, with no account required.

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