Quick survey · ~3 min

Help us build Pulse right.

10 questions. Then we'll tell you how likely you are to love it.

Question 1 of 11

01

How old are you?

02

Do you have kids under 14?

03

How often do you follow the news?

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04

Where do you usually get news?

Pick all that apply

05

What frustrates you most about keeping up with news?

Pick your top 2

06

How useful would each of these be to you?

Rate 1 (not useful at all) → 5 (extremely useful)

AI summaries — each story in 2 sentences
3-minute daily video briefing
Bias meter showing political lean
Gamification — streaks & XP like Duolingo
Content levels (Kids / Teen / Adult)
Discussion section per article
Follow-up chat with a source-based AI
07

How much does this describe you?

"I want to stay informed, but the way news works today makes it feel like a chore."

08

If an app combined all of the above, how likely would you be to try it for free?

09

If you loved the free version, would you pay ~$7/month for premium?

10 Optional

Anything you wish news apps did that none do today?

11 Optional

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Coming soon — iOS first

The news app
that grows with you.

One calm, beautiful place for the news — with AI summaries, a daily video briefing, and a reading level that adapts to every age. Built for the generation that left the news, and anyone who wants it back.

Kids · Teen · Adult One app, three levels
Every perspective Bias shown, never hidden
3-minute briefing Your day, every morning
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Your news · ◆ Adult mode
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7 day streak 340 / 500 XP
📈 FINANCE

Fed Signals Two Rate Cuts Before Year-End

AI Powell indicates rate easing as inflation nears 2%. The S&P 500 surged 1.8% on the news.

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12 outlets covered · See all →
Wall Street Journal · 1h

Tap to see how the same app adapts. One profile setting — different tone, topics, and safety rails.

Try the interactive prototype Full app — works on mobile

News today is fragmented, exhausting, and optimized for engagement — not understanding.

A generation has left the news, and nobody built them a replacement. Pulse is built for the way people actually read now.

55%
of US Gen Z get their news on TikTok

Without transparency, without sources, without depth. Pulse brings the feel of TikTok to the substance of journalism.

7–15
apps it takes to feel informed today

News is scattered across newsletters, feeds, podcasts and paywalls. Pulse collapses that into one calm surface.

One app
for every age, from 8 to 80

News Levels replace age-gates. A 13-year-old can grow into adult reading; anyone can dial it gentler on a hard day.

News Levels

One story. Reshaped for who’s reading.

The same news — written at your level, on your terms. Progress by reading across sources, not by hitting a birthday.

⭐ Kids

Curious, kind, and always safe.

Bright, picture-first stories about space, animals, sports and the world. A friendly voice. No ads. No scary rabbit-holes.

  • Picture-forward summaries
  • “Why it matters” in plain language
  • Parent-trusted by design
⚡ Teen

Grown-up news. Still on your side.

Tech, culture, politics, and the world — written with context, not jargon. A place to actually form an opinion.

  • Balanced by design
  • Quizzes that reward thinking
  • Video discussions, not comment wars
◆ Adult

Depth you’d pay for. Calm you didn’t know you needed.

Full bias transparency, source-grounded AI follow-ups, long-form when you want it, three minutes when you don’t.

  • Bias meter on every story
  • Ask follow-up questions, with citations
  • One briefing that replaces five
Features

Everything you want. Nothing that doesn’t belong.

AI summaries, written like a human

Every story gets a one-sentence headline, a two-sentence summary, and a tap-to-expand “Why it matters” — so you can skim smart or go deep on your schedule.

⚖️

Bias, visible.

A live left-to-right meter on every article, with a list of every outlet covering the story. Perspective is a feature, not a pop-up.

🎬

Daily video briefing

A personalized three-minute video recap of the day, generated fresh each morning. Your commute, your headphones, your news.

💬

Discussions, not comment sections

Every article has its own discussion — video takes first, text second, a poll underneath. Opinions follow the story, not the topic.

🔥

A loop that actually brings you back

Streaks, XP, a daily quiz, and Pip the mascot cheering you on. Reading the news can feel like levelling up — we borrowed that from the app that learned it best.

🧠

Ask follow-up questions. Get sourced answers.

Tap “Ask” on any story to dig deeper. Answers are grounded in the article and linked back to the original reporting — with a “steel-man the other side” button when you want the opposing view.

The daily loop

Open it once. Leave it smarter.

  1. 01

    Your morning briefing plays.

    A three-minute video of what matters, made for your level.

  2. 02

    A calm feed, one story at a time.

    Summaries, sources, bias, context — no infinite scroll.

  3. 03

    Ask questions. Hear other takes.

    Source-linked follow-ups and video discussions per article.

  4. 04

    Finish with a quiz. Keep the streak.

    Three questions, fifty XP, and Pip doing a little dance.

Vision

The window for a better news app is open right now.

A generation treats social feeds as their primary news source — and most of them don’t trust what they see. The AI tools to summarize, translate between reading levels, and converse about a story are finally both good and cheap enough to run for everyone. The category is wide open. Pulse is what fills it.

Be first

Join the Pulse waitlist.

We’re building in the open with a small group of early readers. Leave your email and we’ll send you an invite when the beta opens.

No spam, no sharing, no pressure. Just news done better.

A note from the founder

I grew up between two countries and a dozen news apps. None of them felt made for anyone I knew. Pulse is the app I wish my 13-year-old self had — and the one I’d happily hand my parents. If that sounds like something you want to exist, I’d love to hear from you.

— Antonio, founder