January News Inc
January News operates a social media platform that synthesizes news coverage from up to 100 outlets per event, publishing only facts confirmed by at least 85% of sources. The platform presents consensus-based articles alongside clearly labeled disputed and partial coverage, with an "Ask January" AI assistant for direct news queries. Users engage through a scroll-native feed with event pages showing key points, source counts, and community features.
- Content & Publishing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Only
- AI Agents
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Political polarization has become an information problem, where different people consume different technically accurate headlines about the same event and walk away with different versions of reality. Trust in news is at an all-time low, with only 25% of Americans trusting most news most of the time, yet 45% still want news that doesn't take sides.
Solution
January News provides a social media platform that presents news coverage from multiple outlets side-by-side, showing both factual consensus and points of disagreement. The platform's automated engine ingests, extracts, clusters, enriches, and analyzes up to 100 sources per event, publishing only facts that at least 85% of sources confirm. Where coverage splits, the platform clearly labels content as disputed or partial. Users scroll a familiar feed interface with event pages that show key points, article summaries, and source counts, while an "Ask January" AI assistant lets users query the news directly.
Target Audience
Primary users are news consumers who want unbiased, consensus-based information and are frustrated by partisan or fragmented news coverage, as well as social media users seeking a less polarized news experience.
Features
- Automated six-step pipeline (Ingest, Extract, Cluster, Enrich, Consensus, Write & verify) that runs hourly with no human editor selecting the angle
- Consensus engine that counts outlets programmatically and only publishes claims confirmed by at least 85% of sources, with a second AI verifying every sentence before publication
- Event pages displaying key points, partial coverage, disputed claims, and the number of sources analyzed per story
- Scroll-native social feed with following, community profiles, and engagement features resembling existing social platforms
- "Ask January" AI assistant that answers user questions about current events, global politics, technology news, and the economy
- Sourcing from wires, licensed content partners, and independently verified outlets spanning the political spectrum