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Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 30
Riverside Launches AI Newsletter Tool After Raising Over $60 Million
Updated
Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 30

Riverside Launches AI Newsletter Tool After Raising Over $60 Million

3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 30

Summary

  • Riverside now lets users turn recorded videos and podcasts into newsletters and send them directly from its app, adding a text publishing channel to its creator toolkit.
  • The AI feature repurposes spoken content into newsletter drafts, while users can also write newsletters from scratch instead of starting on a blank page in a separate platform.
  • The update also adds multi-camera recording, remote guest support, AI first-cut editing, social-media hook generation, and video enhancement for lighting, depth, and sharpness.
  • Riverside, which has raised more than $60 million, is expanding as publishing platforms blur formats: Substack added a recording studio in March, Beehiiv moved into podcasting in April, and Mastodon introduced newsletter publishing in June.

Insights

As platforms like Riverside and Substack converge, who is best positioned to win the creator economy war?
Will Riverside's 'all-in-one' strategy convince creators to abandon their favorite specialized tools for content creation?
With AI turning podcasts into newsletters, can it replicate the authentic voice that defines a creator's brand?