A new kind of financial news platform —
fully automated, fully transparent.
Built for global investors who need context, not just headlines. We pull from 200+ trusted publishers across 14 countries, synthesize stories with Claude Sonnet, score every output against quality thresholds, and add reader value in seven dimensions — all running 24/7 without human intervention.
Production health · today
Every number below is read from production databases at page render. Refresh to see them move.
Today's 5 routine fires (UTC)
14 country briefings (0/14 live today)
Sources & Ingestion
We pull from 200+ RSS feeds across 14 countries every hour. Plus SEC filings (with the proper User-Agent that gets other aggregators blocked) and a weekly catalog miner that auto-discovers new publishers.
RSS Polling (W1)
200+ feeds polled every 15-60 min via n8n. Dedupes by URL hash. Inserts into raw_articles table.
SEC EDGAR (sidecar)
SEC.gov rejects most aggregators (403). We use proper contact User-Agent and get full access: 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K, Form 4 insider trades.
Weekly Catalog Importer
Mines awesome-rss-feeds + Hacker News + Korean knews-rss. Auto-validates feeds, scores 0-100, promotes to production.
AllSides Bias Annotation
547 US sources tagged center/left/right (1-5 scale). Internal filter for editorial diversity.
AI Synthesis
Claude Sonnet 4.6 produces articles 5 times per day from clustered raw stories. Three independent fallback layers ensure nothing stops — if one provider has issues, we keep publishing.
Daily fire schedule (24h UTC)
Three-layer fallback (no single point of failure)
Quality Pipeline
Every article gets a 0-100 QC score. Articles below threshold get rewritten or skipped. A separate auditor runs twice daily, finding 6 classes of issues and auto-fixing what's safe.
Per-article scoring
≥75 publish · 60-74 rewrite-then-rescore · single-source exemption at 62+ · below 60 reject.
Auditor (2× daily)
missing_meta · missing_alt_text · missing_internal_links · missing_discourse_topic · missing_tldr_cache · short_article. Auto-fixes what's safe; flags rest for review.
Ideator + Approvals
Separate sub-routine monitors competitor content + Google Search Console queries. Proposes content gaps. One-click approve/reject in /360 dashboard.
Rewrite-on-low-score
Articles scoring 60-74 automatically rewritten with stricter prompt emphasizing factual fidelity. Re-scored, then published if passes.
14 Daily Country Briefings
Each weekday we publish a per-country market briefing — across 13 named countries plus a global meta-brief synthesizing all of them. Each has a distinct editor persona with voice and regional knowledge.
📅 Daily rhythm
- 17 UTC · Asia close → India · Japan · China · Hong Kong · Korea · Singapore · UAE
- 22 UTC · Americas close → US · UK · Germany · Canada · Brazil · Australia + Global
🎭 Editor personas
- Anjali Mehta — India, Singapore
- Sarah Williams — US, Canada, Australia
- James Chen — China, Hong Kong
- Daniel Park — Japan, Korea
- Eva Müller — UK, Germany
- Marcus Adebayo — UAE, Brazil
- The Desk — Global meta-brief
Each briefing has 8 sections: hero summary, by-the-numbers (index levels + sparkline), 3 market movers, smart-money note (FII/insider flows), what to watch tomorrow, sentiment indicator, footer with sources. Internal QC must score ≥75 to publish.
Publishing & Distribution
Once an article passes QC, it flows through Ghost CMS to five distribution channels in parallel. Drip-published every 3 minutes to avoid burst spikes.
Ghost CMS
Production publish via token-auth API, JWT-signed Ghost Admin.
Discourse Forum
Every article auto-creates a discussion topic with link back. 2,185+ active threads.
IndexNow (Bing + Yandex)
Every article pinged immediately to IndexNow API — minutes-fast indexing.
Telegram @MarketDotNews
Articles (QC ≥75) + briefings auto-posted with country flag + hashtags.
X (Twitter)
Text-only briefings @MarketDotNews — cashtags auto-extracted from article body.
Newsletter via Mailgun
SMTP relay for weekly digests + ad-buyer transactional emails.
Reader Value-Add
What separates us from a feed reader: every article gets a TLDR, a 'why this matters' panel, market indicators, related sources, and country-aware contextual tags. Not aggregation — synthesis with editorial value.
TLDR — 3 bullets
AI-generated 3-bullet summary at top of every article; cached in DB.
Why This Matters
Macro-context panel above article body using 9 market indicators.
Quick Take
One-sentence interpretive read for skim-readers.
9-Indicator Panel
JSON-driven structured panel: sentiment, sector heat, momentum, peer comparison, risk, regional pulse, smart-money, technical, watchlist.
Glossary auto-link
First mention of 218 finance terms auto-linked to definitions.
Sources cited
Every article lists 5-15 source articles with publisher + timestamp.
Country tags
Auto-classified to 1 of 14 countries; daily cron re-validates.
Calculators
Bond yield · mortgage · SIP · retirement — embedded contextually.
Forum discussion
Every article has a 'Join the Discussion' banner linking to its Discourse topic.
Anatomy of one published article
Seven distinct value layers stacked on top of basic title+body. This is what readers see; this is why they come back.
Other features & sub-products
Beyond the AI-news engine, market.news ships a full suite of investor-grade utilities — all under one roof.
Live data dashboards
/oil (Brent+WTI live) · /yields (US Treasury 2Y/5Y/10Y/30Y + inversion indicator) · /currencies/emerging-markets (INR/BRL/IDR/ZAR/MXN/TRY USD pairs with crisis flagging).
Stock lookup
Real-time price + company info + earnings + analyst ratings via Finnhub. Symbol search dropdown on every page.
TradingView Pro charts
Embedded interactive charts on every /stock/<ticker> page.
AI Q&A on every article
'Ask about this article' modal + full chat at /ask. Rate-limited per IP.
Saved-searches landing pages
/lists hub with 8 curated lists (e.g., AI stocks, dividend aristocrats) — each its own SEO-indexed page.
Live blog template
/live hub for live-blogging events (earnings, Fed, etc.). Tag-driven, auto-generated.
Self-serve advertising
/advertise page with 4 ad packages, Stripe Checkout payment, Revive ad-server auto-provisioning.
Reader feedback
Thumbs up/down on every article. Counts shown after 3+ votes.
Search engine visibility
Google Search Console + Bing Webmaster Tools integration. Article performance tracked in /360 dashboard.
Technology stack
Production-grade infrastructure across AI, frontend, backend, distribution, and observability — chosen for reliability and developer velocity.
AI & Synthesis
Application Layer
Data & Workflow
Publishing & Distribution
Data Providers
Monetization & Hosting
Observability
Self-Healing & Observability
The system runs unattended. 12 watchdog scripts monitor every layer. When something breaks, the next layer takes over automatically.
Mutual monitoring
Routine watches VPS. VPS watches routine. If one dies, the other detects within 30 min and alerts.
Layer 1 VPS fallback
VPS Python runs hourly. If routine silent >90 min, generates articles + briefings via direct Anthropic API.
Layer 2 n8n fallback
n8n workflow as last-resort tertiary path. Only activates if Layers 0 + 1 both silent.
Meta-watchdog
Watches all 12 watchdog scripts. If any silent >expected window, alerts.
Config drift detector
Daily snapshot of n8n workflows + routine version + env vars. Alerts on unexpected changes.
Morning Digest
One Telegram DM at 9 AM Texas summarizing fires · articles · briefings · alerts. Replaces 4×/day status reports.
Ghost circuit breaker
5 consecutive Ghost publish failures = 30-min pause. Auto-resume by retrying one article.
/360 operational dashboard
Private basic-auth dashboard: publishing stats, fire history, audit findings, approval queue, search visibility.
Mobile-first. Available on every device.
Install in 2 taps. No app store. Works offline.
Live preview — actual market.news mobile homepage
market.news is a Progressive Web App — modern web technology that installs to the home screen of any device, runs offline, and updates automatically. No app-store gatekeepers, no install friction, no native engineering tax.
- Zero app-store review delays — ship updates the same hour
- Cross-platform from day one — one codebase, every device
- Reaches 5+ billion internet-connected devices
- No 30% Apple/Google tax on future Pro-tier revenue
Also linked in the channel pin at @MarketDotNews on Telegram for our mobile community.
Why now
Three macro shifts converging — the AI-native financial news window opened in 2024.
AI crossed the editorial bar
Sonnet 4.5+ tier models can now write factual, source-grounded financial copy at editor quality. Pre-2024, this required journalist payroll. Post-2024, a single founder can run a 14-country newsroom.
Retail trading went global
Robinhood, Zerodha, Tiger Brokers, Nubank — 5× more retail investors globally vs 2019. They need actionable market context their grandparents' Bloomberg subscription can't provide.
Wire-service oligopoly is over-priced
Bloomberg Terminal at $24K+/year, Reuters at four-figure subscriptions, FT/WSJ paywalled. The under-served middle: 200M+ engaged retail + prosumer investors globally.
What we do that wasn't possible before
Cluster 200+ publisher feeds, deduplicate the story, surface every angle, write one article with full attribution. Pre-AI, this took a desk of 4 editors per region.
5 routine fires/day, automated QC, audit-and-fix loop, country-rotating editorial personas. No journalist payroll.
A Fed rate decision is framed differently for an Indian reader (RBI ripple), a Japanese reader (yen impact), and a Brazilian reader (real / capital flows). One AI engine, many contexts.
Daily “Ideator” routine reads competitor coverage, identifies our gaps, proposes new features. Weekly source vetting re-evaluates every publisher. The system gets sharper without manual intervention.
How we compare
Across every dimension that matters for a 21st-century market-news experience.
| Capability | Bloomberg | Reuters | Yahoo Finance | Apple News+ | market.news |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-source AI synthesis | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Transparent AI quality review | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Country-aware briefings | ⚠️ limited | ✅ | ⚠️ limited | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cross-source dedup | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Free to read | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (ads) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Mobile-first (PWA, no app store) | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ web only | ❌ | ✅ |
| Built-in community / discussion | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ retired | ❌ | ✅ |
| SEO-indexed (Google + Bing + News) | ⚠️ paywalled | ⚠️ partial | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Per-article sentiment + indicators | ⚠️ Terminal only | ⚠️ pro tier | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Editor self-rated quality | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cost to user | $24K+/yr | $$$$ | Free + ads | $13/mo | Free |
What we’re building toward
Phase 1 is operational. Phase 2-4 are the funded growth arc.
- ▸14 countries · 200+ vetted sources · ~150 articles/day · 14 daily briefings
- ▸Automated end-to-end: 5 fires/day, QC pipeline, self-healing watchdogs
- ▸Free to read, ad-supported (Revive ad server live, Stripe sandbox ready)
- ▸Distribution: Ghost + Discourse community + Telegram channel + X auto-post + IndexNow
- ▸Pro tier go-live (Stripe LIVE mode) — Premium AI analysis, exclusive earnings reports, early signals
- ▸25 countries (add LatAm, SE Asia, Africa)
- ▸10K MAU target (currently building distribution)
- ▸Email newsletter subscribers via Mailgun (infra live)
- ▸Mobile push notifications via PWA
- ▸Vertical expansion: America.News (US state/city granular, 800-1,500 feeds)
- ▸Vertical expansion: Technology.News (16 verticals: AI, semis, fintech, biotech, etc., 400-700 feeds)
- ▸B2B API: market intelligence feed for fintechs, robo-advisors, brokerages
- ▸Multi-language synthesis (Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Japanese first)
- ▸100K+ MAU
- ▸Mobile-native iOS / Android wrappers (PWA-to-native conversion)
- ▸White-label SaaS for niche aggregators (industry trade publications, regional brokerages)
- ▸Institutional-tier dashboard for fund managers
The asymmetric bet
Solo founder + AI-augmented editorial team has shipped what was previously a 50-person newsroom budget. The same operational efficiency that built Phase 1 is the moat that will deliver Phase 2-4.
Operated by TechXP Inc — a Pennsylvania-incorporated technology company.