AutoNewsProducer is seeking strategic capital to scale verification-first AI tools for local newsrooms.
Local TV newsrooms are under pressure. Synthetic content, misinformation, and AI-generated narratives flood the information ecosystem. Trusted newsrooms matter more than ever — but they need modern tools to compete and verify at scale.
~1,400 local TV newsrooms in the US. Average station budget: $2-5M/year. Growing demand for AI-assisted production.
Starting with Rundown Intelligence. Expanding to verification support, ratings analysis, and newsroom intelligence suite.
Built by a newsroom professional who understands workflows. Advised by former news directors from major markets.
To move from prototype to production-ready pilot and establish market fit with local newsrooms.
Scale to 10+ newsroom customers, expand product suite (verification support, ratings intelligence), build sales team, establish market leadership in newsroom AI.
Built by someone who understands newsroom workflows, not just AI trends.
In a world of synthetic content, verification is the moat. We're building it.
SaaS for newsrooms. Predictable, scalable, defensible business model.
Backed by former news directors and journalism leaders. Built-in credibility.
Using modern AI agents to scale product development. Lean team, fast iteration.
Newsrooms are actively seeking AI tools that don't replace journalists. We're solving that.
Product Feature
Your Always-On Assignment Editor
AutoDesk automates the most time-consuming monitoring tasks so your assignment desk never misses a beat.
Continuously listens to emergency services scanner traffic, transcribes audio in real time, and alerts your assignment desk to breaking news.
Scrapes and searches court records and dockets county by county so important cases never slip through the cracks.
Watches city websites, agency pages, and key sources for new press releases and announcements.
Auto-records and transcribes competing stations' newscasts. Compare content, coverage, structure, and pacing instantly.
Automatically adds flagged stories to future files so nothing gets missed when the news cycle moves fast.
If you're interested in supporting responsible AI for local journalism, let's have a conversation.