BriefNews.ai - Real-Time AI News Summarization

MediaTech / AI / News Aggregation
Timeline
8 weeks
Team Size
4 engineers

Build a platform that summarizes news in real time from thousands of sources while reducing information overload.

BriefNews.ai - Real-Time AI News Summarization

Key Results Achieved

<$10K
Investment
25K+
Stories in 30 Days
70%
Read Time Reduction

The Challenge

Build a platform that summarizes news in real time from thousands of sources while reducing information overload.

Business Challenges

  • Ensure users can stay informed without information overload
  • Deliver engaging UX on a lean startup budget
  • Compete with established news aggregators

Technical Challenges

  • Ingest and normalize thousands of articles in real time
  • Maintain summarization accuracy and relevance
  • Enrich content with media while keeping performance high

Our Solution

We developed a fast, scalable platform that aggregates global news, deduplicates and filters it, summarizes it using LLMs, and enhances it with media. The result was a real-time summarization tool with strong UX and AI-based relevance ranking.

Core Features

  • Real-time news aggregation and deduplication
  • AI summarization via LLMs with fact retention
  • Auto-enrichment with related images and videos
  • Personalized feeds with trending topics
  • Fast, mobile-friendly interface

Technologies & Implementation

Technologies & Platforms

ReactNode.jsPythonOpenAIDeepSeek

Knowledge Stack

SerpAPIRedisPostgreSQLAWSVercel

Technical Architecture

  • News aggregation pipeline with source normalization
  • Vector search and semantic relevance ranking
  • Cloud storage + CDN for optimized media delivery
  • Scalable backend with Redis caching and topic clustering

AI Components

  • AI-based summarization using OpenAI and DeepSeek
  • Entity extraction, topic clustering, and semantic deduplication
  • Media relevance scoring and contextual attachment

Implementation Timeline

1

Week 1

Discovery, tech planning, source integration

2

Week 2

News ingestion engine and metadata extraction

3

Week 3

Summarization model integration and testing

4

Week 4

Media enrichment with images and video

5

Week 5

Topic clustering and personalized feeds

6

Week 6

Frontend development and performance tuning

7

Week 7

QA and benchmarking for accuracy

8

Week 8

Final polish, go-live deployment

Results & Impact

Immediate Results

  • Summarized 25,000+ stories in first 30 days
  • Aggregated content from 1,000+ global sources
  • 70% reduction in user read time per article

Long-term Impact

  • High user retention with fast UI
  • Established as reliable news summarization platform
  • Growing user base with strong engagement metrics

Proglia delivered an incredibly sophisticated platform on a startup budget. The AI summarization is accurate and fast, and our users love the experience. It exceeded our expectations.

Jessica Martinez
Founder, BriefNews.ai

Key Lessons Learned

AI can make information consumption more efficient and enjoyable

Real-time processing at scale requires smart caching strategies

User experience is critical for news platform retention

Cost-effective development is possible with right technology choices

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