Riverside adds newsletter publishing tools with AI from recordings

In short: Riverside is adding newsletter tools so users can turn their podcast and video recordings into email newsletters, including an option that uses AI to draft the text.

What happened

Riverside, a company known for tools that help people record podcasts and videos, is moving into newsletters. The company is adding a way for users to create and send newsletters from inside the Riverside app.

A key feature is an AI option that can turn an existing recording into a newsletter draft. AI, or artificial intelligence, is software that can produce text by learning patterns from lots of examples (like an auto writer that creates a first version for you). Users can also write a newsletter from scratch if they do not want to use the AI conversion.

Riverside’s founder and CEO, Nadav Keyson, told TechCrunch the goal is to help creators reuse what they already recorded instead of starting with a blank page in a separate newsletter tool. The company is not positioning this as a direct replacement for newsletter platforms like Mailchimp, Substack, Beehiiv, or Ghost.

Riverside is also updating its recording tools. It will support multi-camera setups, allow adding remote guests, and add more AI features, such as drafting a summary right after recording and creating suggested text for social media posts. Riverside also says it is adding AI-based video enhancement to improve things like lighting and sharpness.

Why it matters

Many creators already spend time recording conversations, then spend more time rewriting the same ideas for email and social posts. Riverside is trying to make that second step faster, like turning a spoken interview into a ready-to-send written update with less manual work.

Source: TechCrunch AI