The problem you know too well

0newslettersyou'll never read
0YouTube channelsunwatched
0subredditsyou can't keep up with

Briefly reads all of it.
You just read the briefing.

Connect your accounts once. Every night, Briefly reads everything — deduplicates across sources, scores what matters to you, and writes a personalised morning briefing with every claim cited. Zero maintenance. Forever.

Free to start · No credit card · First briefing tomorrow at 7am

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Watch it work

This is exactly what runs every night for your sources — tap a step to explore.

Collecting from your sources
Gmail newsletters
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YouTube transcripts
0 / 8
Reddit threads
0 / 12
RSS feeds
0 / 13
R
"Finally replaced my 2-hour morning scroll with something that actually knows what I care about."
S
"The 'why this matters to you' line is genuinely uncanny. It referenced a specific thing I was researching."
A
"I follow 14 newsletters. Briefly merges them into 8 items that actually matter. This is magic."
P
"The memory feature is wild. It remembered I was tracking a story from three weeks ago."
K
"Day 90 and I haven't had to do anything to keep it alive. It just keeps getting better."
N
"The skipped-items note is the best feature. I know exactly what I'm not missing."
V
"I connected YouTube and it instantly found 52 channels I subscribe to. Didn't have to add a single one manually."
M
"A second brain that builds itself from what I already follow — finally, something that works without me."
R
"Finally replaced my 2-hour morning scroll with something that actually knows what I care about."
S
"The 'why this matters to you' line is genuinely uncanny. It referenced a specific thing I was researching."
A
"I follow 14 newsletters. Briefly merges them into 8 items that actually matter. This is magic."
P
"The memory feature is wild. It remembered I was tracking a story from three weeks ago."
K
"Day 90 and I haven't had to do anything to keep it alive. It just keeps getting better."
N
"The skipped-items note is the best feature. I know exactly what I'm not missing."
V
"I connected YouTube and it instantly found 52 channels I subscribe to. Didn't have to add a single one manually."
M
"A second brain that builds itself from what I already follow — finally, something that works without me."

Works with what you already follow

Gmail
YouTube
Reddit
RSS
Substack
Readwise
Hacker News
Any URL

Why Briefly

A chief-of-staff briefing,
not another app to maintain.

Briefly is built on a simple promise: your information diet runs itself. You wake up informed — without highlighting, filing, or drowning in tabs.

  1. Connect once. Never maintain.

    Zero friction

    Link Gmail, YouTube, Reddit, and RSS a single time. Briefly ingests your streams every night — no saving, tagging, or inbox zero required.

  2. We read the firehose for you.

    Nightly pipeline

    Newsletters pile up. Subreddits scroll by. Videos upload overnight. While you sleep, specialized agents collect, clean, and score everything.

  3. One story, one entry.

    Synthesis

    The same headline across five sources becomes a single cited summary. Cross-source deduplication — signal without the noise.

  4. Every item answers why you.

    Why it matters

    Not why it's generally important — why it matters to your role, your goals, and what you read last week. Personal relevance on every line.

  5. Ten items, not fifty.

    Confident curation

    Briefly reads dozens and shows only what fits your morning. Every skip is logged with a reason — so you trust what you see and what you don't.

  6. Smarter with every briefing.

    Continuous learning

    Clicks, saves, and follow-ups shape what lands tomorrow. New sources are suggested as your interests evolve. Memory that compounds.

Every item links to its original source. Claims are verified before delivery — no black-box paraphrasing.

In practice

Four ideas behind every briefing

Most tools wait for you to save, sort, and revisit. Briefly works in the background — and meets you each morning with exactly what matters.

01

Builds itself while you sleep

Connect Gmail, YouTube, Reddit, and any RSS feed once. Every night, Briefly fetches everything automatically. No saving, tagging, or organising — ever.

02

Remembers what you read

Today's story connects to what you read last week. The reading finally compounds.

03

Written specifically for you

Every item explains why it matters to your role, goals, and history — not why it's generally important.

04

Confident, not comprehensive

Reads 50 items, shows 10. Then tells you exactly what it skipped and why.

Roadmap

You're joining at V1.
Here's the journey ahead.

Tap a version to explore. Each release stands on its own — Pro includes them all.

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Self-Building Digest

The core loop. Reads everything. Writes for you.

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What ships

  • Gmail · YouTube · Reddit · RSS
  • Dual-pool briefing
  • Why-it-matters on every item
  • Brain dump capture
Full feature list
  • Gmail, YouTube, Reddit, RSS — connected once
  • Dual-pool planner: What's new + Highly relevant
  • Why-it-matters-to-you on every item
  • Voice & text brain dump → injected into briefings
  • Email delivery at your chosen time

The first 200 founding members get V2, V3, and V4 as they ship — $9/month, price locked forever.

Pricing

Start free.
Upgrade when it's indispensable.

Free is enough to feel the value. Pro is what it becomes when you can't live without it.

Free

$0forever

Everything you need to feel the value

  • 3 source connections
  • 5 items per briefing
  • Gmail, YouTube, Reddit, RSS
  • 7-day history
  • Email delivery
  • Manual capture
  • Interest learning
  • Ask Briefly (V3)
Get started free

Pro

Founding Price
$9
/ monthor $90/year · save 17%

First 200 founding members · price locked forever

V2, V3 & V4 included as they ship

  • Unlimited source connections
  • Full briefing, 8–14 items
  • All source types + Readwise
  • Unlimited history
  • Interest learning — gets smarter daily
  • Manual capture: links, notes, docsSoon
  • Ask Briefly — search your knowledge baseSoon
  • Priority support
Get Pro — $9/month

LLM pipeline costs ~$0.20/user/day. Break-even at 400 paying users. Every dollar above that goes into making Briefly smarter.

Ready?

Your second brain
starts tonight

Connect your accounts in 3 minutes. Briefly runs tonight.
Your first personalised briefing lands tomorrow at 7am.

Start building yours free

Free to start · No credit card · First briefing tomorrow

01

Connect

Link your Gmail, YouTube, Reddit & RSS in 3 minutes

02

Reads overnight

Briefly processes everything while you sleep

03

In your inbox

Personalised briefing lands at 7am every morning

04

Gets smarter

Learns from every briefing. Day 90 feels like magic