The Actual News
Investor One Sheet
Just the facts. Faster.
Neutral, Fact focused news summaries from trusted sources — built for today’s overwhelmed reader.
Right timing
Low overhead
Growing traction
20k+
Recent visitors (last 7 days)
10–20%
Bounce (experimenting)
Why now
- Consumers want faster, lighter news — information overload is a top complaint.
- Trust is scarce; multi-source, fact-focused summaries fit the moment.
- Mobile-first, scrollable summaries match modern consumption habits.
Operating advantages
- Lean stack: Flask, SQLite/Postgres, AI summarization — minimal newsroom cost.
- Efficient content ops: caching, indexes, and automation keep infra costs low.
- Unit economics improve with scale — overhead grows dramatically slower than revenue.
- Practical AI, not hype: narrow, auditable summarization with safety rails and human review.
- Multi-source cross-checks and citations reduce bias and hallucinations.
Monetization
- Premium: $3.99/mo ad-free — accessible price drives retention.
- Ads for free users; upgrade path highlighted in product.
- Future: team plans, newsletter sponsorships, and API access.
Traction & signals
- ≈20k recent visitors; bounce rate 10–20% (typically low end; experiments drive range).
- Users respond to our clean, neutral summaries; engagement is rising.
- Organic discovery and word-of-mouth from shareable summaries.
- Improving ad-revenue per session; premium subs trending up.
AI where it excels (and how we de‑risk it)
Fit to problem
- Human neutrality at scale is hard; AI can be tuned for fact-first style.
- Consistent, repeatable summaries with measurable variance reduction.
- Bias control: multiple sources, side-by-side facts, no opinion adjectives.
Quality & governance
- Safety rails: constrained prompts, deterministic settings, and guardrails.
- Transparent citations and links to originals enable quick verification.
- Human spot-checks plus offline evals for hallucination, bias, and coverage.
- Continuous fine-tuning from reader/editor feedback loops.
Why we win
Lower cost structure
Automation + small editorial loop → less overhead than traditional publishers.
Faster consumption
Structured summaries, bullet points, and key facts — time-to-value in seconds.
Trust by design
Multi-source inputs, transparent citations, and constrained AI decrease bias.
Roadmap acceleration (use of funds)
Customer growth
Targeted acquisition and partnerships to scale daily actives.
Daily summaries
Concise morning/evening recaps — email and in-app.
Local news
City-level feeds with customizable topics.
More sources
Broader coverage and redundancy for higher reliability.
We are already growing — funding accelerates an already-working engine.
Investment case
- Strong signal fit: users want shorter, cleaner, unbiased news — AI helps deliver it.
- Attractive margins: lean ops and pricing that minimizes churn.
- Compounding moat: data, summarization quality, and trusted brand.
- De-risked AI: narrow, auditable use case vs. broad speculative AI plays.