Be your own journalist

The Problem

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Public is unprotected against the spread of misinformation.

Trusting what one reads became harder than ever.

No time to double-check.

A convenient way to

read multiple perspectives in online news.

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Value Proposition

BE INFORMED

SAVE TIME

 

  • searching a 2nd opinion on 1/3 of the articles
  • third of the readers would pay for the product

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Adina C.

"You help readers be their own journalist and train their critical thinking."

Alex D.

"A very good idea which definitely creates value given the timing."

Idea Validation

$ 16.5 B

50.7+ M

estimated online news ads revenue in 2017 (US)

digital news readers (US)

$ 16.5 B

50.7+ M

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Market Size

80%

think news are

biased

80%

53%

pay for

news

53%

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Extension & platform

Used while surfing your favorite publishers

A feed with the latest contradictory articles

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Competition

Unfair advantage:

Offering multiple perspectives on a subject through Natural Language Processing, no matter the source.

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  • US & UK press readers
  • Looking for a 2nd opinion
  • Politics & Business fans

  READERS

BUSINESSES

  • Advertising companies
  • Publishers interested in user trends
  • Journalists investigating their sources

Our Persona

  • Advertising through our web platform
  • Offering user trends and stats
  • API to detect polarization

  from READERS

         from BUSINESSES

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Expected Revenue

  • Free: limited amount of content
  • Pro: ads-free, unlimited checks, source whitelisting, today's hot bias

10

Team progress

IdeaJAM,

TrueStory is born

Innovation Labs, website MVP

Landing page,

first subscribers

Startup Alley,

user feedback & stats

62% accuracy,

chrome extension

Approach more publication owners

Funding

(NGOs & angels)

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What's Next?

70% accuracy,

extension launched

Irina

Cosmin

Gus

Vali

Python Guru

Mad Scientist

NLP Enthusiast

Data Rockstar

TrueFamily

.one

truestory

TrueStory - Innovation Labs pitch

By Cosmin Poieana

TrueStory - Innovation Labs pitch

2 minutes pitch Boost Day

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