Launch Announcement
ListenBrief Launches June 21, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — June 21, 2026
ListenBrief, an AI-native audio briefing platform, today officially launched to the public. The platform allows users to receive a personalized daily podcast — generated entirely by AI — from their own curated interests, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and newsletters. Plans start at $9.99 per month with a 7-day free trial.
Key Facts
Company Boilerplate
ListenBrief is an AI-native audio briefing platform that turns your interests into a personal daily podcast. Users pick their topics, add their sources, choose their voice, and receive a concise AI-generated MP3 every morning at 6 AM. Plans start at $9.99/month. Visit listenbrief.com.
ListenBrief is an AI-native audio briefing platform that transforms your personal interests and sources into a daily podcast, delivered every morning before you leave for work. Users configure their topics — from Bitcoin and AI to travel and geopolitics — add their own RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and newsletters, then receive a concise AI-generated MP3 briefing at 6 AM. Unlike curated news apps, ListenBrief doesn't summarize the news — it generates intelligence specific to each user: implications, trends, and predictions drawn from their unique source set. Plans start at $9.99/month with a 7-day free trial.
ListenBrief is an AI-native audio briefing platform that turns any set of topics, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, and newsletters into a personalized daily podcast, delivered automatically every morning at 6 AM.
Unlike traditional news aggregators or podcast apps, ListenBrief generates a unique briefing for each user — not a summary of headlines, but an intelligent analysis of what today's news means for the specific topics each user cares about. The platform's AI reads every source, extracts signal over noise, identifies cross-source trends, and produces a concise, natural-sounding audio briefing optimized for listening on commutes, walks, or workouts.
ListenBrief ships with a full REST API (17 endpoints), an MCP server (10 tools) for AI agent integrations, TypeScript and Python SDKs, and a developer portal at developer.listenbrief.com. Plans start at $9.99/month for individuals, with Pro ($19), Power ($39), and Enterprise ($99) tiers available. All plans include a 7-day free trial. ListenBrief is built on Cloudflare Workers with zero per-briefing TTS costs using an edge speech synthesis pipeline.
For more information, visit listenbrief.com or email press@listenbrief.com.
Founder
Rhett Oudkerk Pool
Rhett is the founder of Zamforge and ListenBrief, building AI-native tools for the Zamforge ecosystem. ListenBrief is the fifth product in the Zamforge portfolio. For press inquiries, contact press@listenbrief.com.
What Early Users Are Saying
Illustrative quotes from early access users. Not for attribution without approval.
"I've tried every news app. ListenBrief is the first one that actually knows what I care about — not what an algorithm thinks I should care about. My morning commute is now 8 minutes of genuinely useful intelligence."— Early access user, software engineer
"I follow Bitcoin, AI, and three niche newsletters. ListenBrief ties all of it together into one briefing. I didn't realise how fragmented my information diet was until I heard it as a single story every morning."— Early access user, crypto investor
"The MCP integration is what sold me. My AI agents can now query my briefings as data. ListenBrief isn't just a podcast app — it's an information infrastructure layer."— Early access user, developer
Brand Assets
Primary color: #1a1a2e (navy) · Accent: #e8c547 (gold) · Background: #fafaf8
Press Contact
For interview requests, review access, and media inquiries:
Email: press@listenbrief.com
Press page: listenbrief.com/press
Launch page: listenbrief.com/launch
Developer portal: developer.listenbrief.com