FiveW – Stay current on AI in 5 minutes a day
Hey HN, I'm Ethan. I was spending 2 hours every morning across HN, Twitter, and newsletters trying to keep up with AI for my startup. So over the past few months, my co-founder Thor and I built FiveW to distill the latest AI developments relevant to us, in a 5 minute briefing. FiveW does three things: 1. Personalized morning briefing -- talk with an agent on onboarding, and get a daily briefing tailored to your interests that you can deep dive on. 2. Curated AI news feed -- surfaces the most important AI stories of the day from 100+ sources, in one place 3. Live market signals -- BTC, gold,…
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FiveW is an AI news aggregation service designed for people who need to stay informed about AI developments without spending hours browsing multiple sources. It delivers a personalized daily briefing in five minutes, curated from over 100 sources, and includes a dedicated news feed of the day's most important AI stories. The platform also displays live market signals like cryptocurrency prices and prediction odds alongside news content. Users customize their briefing through an onboarding conversation with an agent to receive updates aligned with their interests.
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Hey HN, I'm Ethan. I was spending 2 hours every morning across HN, Twitter, and newsletters trying to keep up with AI for my startup. So over the past few months, my co-founder Thor and I built FiveW to distill the latest AI developments relevant to us, in a 5 minute briefing. FiveW does three things: 1. Personalized morning briefing -- talk with an agent on onboarding, and get a daily briefing tailored to your interests that you can deep dive on. 2. Curated AI news feed -- surfaces the most important AI stories of the day from 100+ sources, in one place 3. Live market signals -- BTC, gold, oil prices and Polymarket prediction odds alongside the news Would love to hear what you think. What would you come back for every morning?
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