Nutgrafe
The news, reduced to what matters.
297 followers
The news, reduced to what matters.
297 followers
A "nutgraf" is the paragraph in a news story that explains what it’s about and why it matters. Nutgrafe does that for every article. Our AI reads every article from the world’s top news sites, blogs, and publications and delivers the core of each story in summaries of 400 characters or less, all in a familiar feed (circa 2015). Expand any post for key points and context, or click through to the original source to read more.
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@colooch This is super clean, cutting straight to why a story matters is exactly what most news apps are missing. The 400-character limit is lowkey perfect for actually getting through multiple stories without drowning in content.
when you're pulling from smaller independent blogs alongside major outlets, how do you vet which sources make it onto the platform?
Congrats on the Launch
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@roham_khadiv Thanks, Roham. Right now I’m focused mostly on the largest and most established outlets, alongside a set of well-known and widely read blogs. I’ll be honest, I also added a handful based on my own interests early on, partly because I wanted to see how I’d actually use Nutgrafe day to day. Over time though, the focus is on starting with the most popular, credible outlets and blogs first, and expanding carefully from there.
@colooch That's definitely something lacking these days; is there any specific mechanics you use to ensure the essence of the post remains the same ?
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@bekjon_ibragimov It’s mostly about constraints rather than clever mechanics. The summary is anchored to the article’s core facts and structure, not its tone or framing, and focused on what happened, what changed, and why it matters. If that can’t be done cleanly, it backs off rather than filling in gaps.
Giselle
@colooch This is really nice—I love it. The clean, spacious design and the thoughtful summaries make it a pleasure to use.
With the constant flood of information, truly important stories often get buried, and I always feel like I'm digging through my feed looking for diamonds. I've been looking for a product exactly like this. Cheering you on!
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@pavel_evteev Thanks, that’s a great suggestion. I’ve actually been thinking about email summaries as well. I wanted to start with a familiar, feed-based experience first, but if there’s interest, something like daily or weekly topic-based emails could be a great v2 to explore.
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@pavel_evteev Hey, Pavel. Quick update: we actually just added newsletters and the first one goes out tomorrow at 9 AM ET (daily).
If you’ve already signed up to Nutgrafe, there’s nothing extra to do, you should automatically get the first briefing. Topic-based and different cadences are very much on the roadmap too.
Here's some feedback after spending about 15 minutes with it:
Home Page
- No way to hide stories
- No way to collapse stories
- No way to see how many stories from each source
- The entire weather section seems odd - if this is a news product, what is this even here?
Discover Page
- No way to hide sources or topics I'm not interested in
- Hovering over a card changes the background from white to gray which indicates it should be clickable for more information, but it does nothing - somewhat of a confusing UX - perhaps if the card is not interactable, possibly removing the on hover background color change
Topics Page
- The top 5 Trending Now and a majority of the More topics are all related to Venezuela/Maduro. Perhaps there's a way to synthesize or group all the related topics together so they don't occupy the majority of the trending topics. Especially if you're already using AI to summarize the articles, it wouldn't be hard to build a constellation of similar keywords and attach those to a Main keyword that has the most hits.
Overall I think its a solid start but could definitely use some improvements. I don't see myself using it in its current state over any of the existing options out there. Perhaps if it grows and is able to fulfil some niche that other AI news aggregators / RSS feeds aren't able to - then it could become a viable option for me.
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@marcc16 Appreciate you taking the time to share this. A lot of the simplicity you’re calling out is intentional for v1. The aim is a calm, opinionated reading experience rather than heavy configuration.
The weather section is there by design as a familiar orientation element, similar to what you’d see in a newspaper or on NYTimes and Google News.
I agree topic clustering can improve during heavy news cycles, and that’s something I’m already working on. Fair if it’s not yet a replacement for your current setup. Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback.
@colooch understood! I also forgot to mention, I love the name, its very unique and memorable. Also one last suggestion - a blog or place on the site to see the new features you're rolling out and for people to sign up to receive a non-intrusive newsletter on your updates. Congrats on the launch!
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@german_merlo1 Thanks, German. At the moment it’s not based on user profile rules. The “why it matters” is derived from the article and its context, focusing on what changed or why the update is notable at a broader level. The intent is orientation first, rather than personalization.
Agnes AI
Sounds like executive summary? Useful tool for me and i think Nutgrafe could save tons of time for me!
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@cruise_chen Thanks! In a way, yes, but it really depends on the article. It’s less about a formal executive summary and more about quick orientation. Enough context to understand what changed and why it matters, then you decide whether to dig in.
thanks @colooch and congrats on the launch!
Really like your approach
One question: how do you deal with copyright issues on the content you're getting from these outlets?
thanks
Nutgrafe
@fahd_rachidy Thanks, Fahd. Nutgrafe generates original summaries using content publishers make publicly available for distribution, typically via their feeds (the same syndicated RSS/XML feeds publishers expose intentionally). We don’t republish articles, bypass paywalls, or reconstruct full pieces. Every post links back to the source, and the intent is to support the reporting and send readers to it, not replace it.
@colooch ok understood, and I believe that's a clear and neat way to do it ! so I'm assuming you get paid on referrals then?
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@fahd_rachidy No referral or affiliate revenue today. Nutgrafe runs entirely on subscriptions. Linking back is intentional, it’s about supporting the reporting and giving readers a path to the full story.
Vozo AI — Video localization
I have discovered an issue while using the Discover page. I wanted to subscribe to several media outlets, but I noticed that only their summaries are displayed.
There is currently no way to click into them to view more details, and I am not sure if this is a bug or an intentional design choice. This is quite frustrating because it makes it difficult to decide which sources to subscribe to.
I would like to preview the content they publish first, but it seems I can only see their posts in the feed after I have already subscribed.
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@josie_oy Thanks for calling this out. Discover is an area I’m actively refining right now. The intent is to keep it lightweight while still giving enough signal to decide what’s worth following, and I agree there’s room to improve how sources are previewed before subscribing. I’m working on tightening that experience and will be addressing this shortly. Really appreciate the thoughtful feedback.
Vozo AI — Video localization
@colooch I understand that early-stage products always involve trade-offs. I hope you succeed!