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Domain-Specific News Intelligence Platform

For: Domain experts, investors, and builders who need to stay current in rapidly moving fields

Buildability

The Problem

Information overload in fast-moving domains like AI - too much noise, hard to identify truly novel and important developments early

The Solution

AI-powered news aggregation that scores content on novelty, impact, and relevance to specific domains, with personalization based on user interests

Why Now?

AI makes sophisticated content analysis possible, vector embeddings enable nuanced similarity detection, and information velocity is increasing exponentially

Build MVP in 7 Days

Day 1

Set up RSS ingestion for 20-50 sources

Day 2

Basic clustering using vector embeddings

Day 3

Simple scoring on one dimension (impact or novelty)

Day 4

Minimal web interface showing top stories

Day 5

Manual curation to validate algorithm performance

How to Validate

Build for your own daily use first

Share daily digest with 10 domain experts

Track which stories they click and share

Ask what they'd pay for to not miss important developments

Compare your picks vs mainstream tech news for novelty

Revenue Model

Freemium with advanced features (personalization, alerts, API access) behind subscription ($10-50/month for individuals, $500+ for teams)

Competitive Moat

Proprietary scoring algorithms, domain-specific training data, and network effects from user behavior data

Risks to Consider

Content licensing and scraping legal issuesAlgorithm bias toward certain types of contentHigh infrastructure costs for AI processingCompetition from major news organizations