Shadow Inc.  Shadow Inc., since renamed to Bluelink, is a political technology company that develops mobile apps designed to register, organize, and mobilize voters. The company gained attention after their IowaReporterApp software failed during the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses. The company, originally named Groundbase, was launched in December 2016 by Gerard Niemira and Krista Davis, who both worked on the digital outreach team for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. In January 2019, the company was acquired by Acronym, a left-leaning political nonprofit organization for which Niemira was also the COO and CTO. Shadow is a for-profit company. Acronym's CEO, Tara McGowan, described Shadow as "a political technology company". Shadow Inc. was then incorporated in Colorado in September 2019. Acronym CEO McGowan said in late January 2020 that Acronym is the sole investor in Shadow. In May 2020, Shadow Inc. was renamed to Bluelink. The company is registered in Colorado, lists its Denver office as its location, and says it has further offices in New York and Seattle. Shadow and its parent company Acronym shared addresses in Denver, Colorado, and Washington, DC. In May 2019, Gerard Niemira, CEO and CTO of Acronym, became the CEO of Shadow when it was renamed upon the purchase of the "nearly bankrupt company" Groundbase by Acronym. Niemira was formerly a product manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, worked at kiva.org, and worked as an intern for Representative Eliot Engel in 2005. James "Jimmy" Hickey, COO, was an engineering manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campagign and previously was part of Sprinklr and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Krista Davis, CTO and Chief Architect, was previously a software engineer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. She also worked at Google for eight years. Shadow Inc. developed software for the campaigns of numerous Democratic candidates as well as mobile software applications for the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses and 2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses. Lightrail moves information between different data sources for campaign messaging and data integration purposes. It is the company's flagship product. Acronym announced in November 2019 that Lightrail has been made available to all state parties and national candidates, under a trial contract with the Democratic National Committee. Party insiders have described it as "common in Democratic politics." The Iowa Democratic Party paid Shadow Inc. $63,183 to develop the IowaReporterApp. Before the 2020 Iowa caucus, the app and its developer were kept secret from the public by the Democratic party, although it was made public that there would be an app used for the caucus.