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One email to replace all your newsletters

Brief. All your newsletters. One email.

Brief reads every newsletter you follow and sends you one 2-minute summary each morning.

  • Pulls from any newsletter, X account, blog, YouTube, Reddit
  • Set your frequency — daily, weekly, twice a week
  • Reply to the email to fine-tune what's in it
  • AI memorizes — every email gets smarter
$9.99 /month · 7-day free trial · cancel anytime 7-day free trial
What's included
  • Unlimited sources — newsletters, X, blogs, Reddit, YouTube
  • Your frequency — daily, weekly, whatever
  • Reply-to-train — fine-tune by replying
  • AI summaries — read in 2 minutes, not 2 hours
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4,200+ knowledge workers use Brief "My inbox went from 70 unread to 1. Brief is the only one I open." — Daniel R., founder
What Brief aggregates

The work of subscribing — done.

Brief pulls from anywhere you already read — not just newsletters. Connect a source once; it lands in your next issue.

Every newsletter you read

The New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, WSJ, The Economist, The Atlantic, Stratechery, Lenny's, your favorite Substacks. Forward once to your @brief.day address — Brief pulls every future issue.

X accounts

Track specific X handles (paulg, balajis, @stratechery) and see their best posts of the period.

RSS & blogs

Any URL. We render and extract the body. No RSS feed required.

YouTube channels

New uploads from Lenny, Cleo Abram, anyone — summarized in 3 lines per video.

Reddit subs

Top of r/Entrepreneur, r/MachineLearning, r/buildinpublic — daily or weekly digest.

GitHub trending

Pinned languages, your starred repos' releases, niche dev signal.

4,200+
Early adopters
4.9★
Member rating
12+ hrs
Saved per week
30+
Source types
The newsletter trap

You signed up for 30. You read 2.

Newsletters were supposed to be the antidote to the algorithm. Instead they became the algorithm. Brief fixes that — one email at your pace, only the topics you care about, from sources beyond just newsletters.

Your inbox is 90% newsletters, 10% actual mail.
Brief replaces 30 emails with one — at the frequency you choose.
You're paying for newsletters you don't read.
Forward what you have. Brief surfaces the 20% that's actually new.
Half the content you want isn't even a newsletter — it's on X, Reddit, GitHub.
Brief pulls from anywhere — newsletter, feed, social, blog.
You miss the one piece of news that actually mattered today.
Trending across your sources? Brief flags it before you click anything.
How Brief compares

Why people switch to Brief.

Newsletter aggregators exist. We tried them too. Here's what's different about Brief.

BRIEF
Digest / Meco
Your current inbox
One email at your chosen frequency
Reply to fine-tune the AI
Pulls from X, Reddit, blogs, GitHub (not just newsletters)
Partial
AI summaries with source attribution
Partial
7-day free trial, then $9.99/mo
$9.99/mo
$4–$10/mo
Free
Stops you paying for unread newsletters
Partial
Learns your preferences over time
How it works

From 30 emails a day to one.

No new app. No re-learning anything. Just one email that gets sharper every week.

1
~2 minutes

Tell Brief what you want

Pick your sources, topics, frequency. Newsletters you forward, X accounts, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, Reddit subs — anything goes.

2
next morning

We build your first issue

Brief pulls from your sources, deduplicates, summarizes with source attribution, and delivers exactly one email at your chosen frequency.

3
forever

Reply to tune it

See something you didn't want? Reply with "less crypto, drop The Hustle, more AI infra". Brief memorizes and applies it next time. The longer you use it, the sharper it gets.

Trust

We see less than you think.

Brief is a reader, not a surveillance tool. Three commitments we hold to from day one.

Read-only access

Only what you forward

Brief reads only the newsletters you forward. We don't scan your inbox, contacts, or anything else.

You own your data

Export or delete, any time

Sources, preferences, history. Export anytime. Delete in one click.

No public training

Your taste stays yours

Your reading patterns don't go into anyone's model. Your taste stays yours.

I cancelled 18 newsletter subscriptions in my first week of Brief. I still get every story that matters — usually in a tighter format than the original. It's the only AI tool that actually made my life lighter, not heavier.

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Daniel R. Founder · 4× exit · Brief member
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Real results

What members are saying.

4,200+ members. 4.9 average rating. Real outcomes, not stock testimonials.

★★★★★
Verified

"My inbox went from chaos to one email."

I had Substack, ConvertKit, and Beehiiv lists across 22 newsletters. Brief replaced all of them with one daily email at 7am. The reply-to-tune feature is what makes it stick — I keep refining and it keeps getting sharper.

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Daniel R.Founder · Brief member
★★★★★
Verified

"Finally killed FOMO."

I work in venture so I "had" to read Stratechery, The Information, Axios Pro, etc. Brief gives me the headlines + a 3-sentence summary of each, with the option to click through. I read less and know more.

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Michael S.VC partner · Brief member
★★★★★
Verified

"I stopped paying for newsletters I don't read."

Brief showed me I was paying $94/mo for newsletters I'd read maybe twice. Cancelled five paid subs in week one. Brief literally pays for itself.

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James K.Engineering lead · Brief member

The offer

What you're actually getting.

If you bought all of this separately, you'd pay $42/month. With Brief, it's one membership — $9.99/month, starting with a 7-day free trial.

  • Unlimited sources — newsletters, X, RSS, YouTube, Reddit, blogs $12/mo
  • AI summaries — with source attribution $8/mo
  • Reply-to-train — preference memory $10/mo
  • Frequency control — daily, weekly, custom $4/mo
  • Ad-stripped, dedup'd content — signal only $5/mo
  • Member perks — priority support & early features $3/mo
  • Total separate value $42/mo
Your price today
$9.99/month
Cancel anytime — no contract.
7
Day Trial

If Brief makes your inbox worse, walk away.

Brief should be the email you actually look forward to. If after 7 days it's not earning its spot in your inbox, just cancel — no questions, no follow-ups, no "are you sure". Your trial is free, so there's nothing to lose. Just less inbox.

Pricing

Simple. Honest. Cancel anytime.

Start with a 7-day free trial. Then $9.99/month — cancel anytime.

Membership
$9.99/month

Everything Brief does, in one membership.

  • Unlimited sources — newsletters, X, RSS, YouTube, Reddit
  • Custom frequency — daily, weekly, any day, any time
  • Reply-to-train preference memory
  • AI summaries with source attribution
  • 7-day free trial
Questions

Common questions.

How is Brief different from Mailbrew or Meco?+
Mailbrew and Meco bring newsletters into a separate app or daily-list format. Brief goes further: (1) you can pull from non-newsletter sources like X, Reddit, GitHub, and YouTube; (2) you reply to the email to fine-tune what's in it, which neither competitor does; (3) the AI memorizes your replies and gets sharper every issue. One email. Your control.
How do you actually get my newsletter content?+
We give you a unique forwarding address (yourname@brief.day). Forward existing newsletters there once, and Brief will pull all future issues automatically. No password sharing, no inbox scanning.
Can I add sources that don't have newsletters?+
Yes — that's the point. X accounts (e.g. @paulg), subreddits (r/Entrepreneur), YouTube channels (Lenny's), GitHub trending in a language, blogs without RSS. Brief renders and extracts.
How does the "reply to fine-tune" feature work?+
Reply to any Brief email with feedback in plain English. "Less crypto, more AI infra. Drop The Hustle. Add Stratechery. Make it shorter." Brief parses, stores it, and applies it next issue. Your preferences accumulate.
Will I miss important news this way?+
The opposite. Brief flags "this is being discussed across 4 of your sources" so you don't miss what's trending. You also miss less of what matters — because you're reading one focused email instead of skimming 30.
How much does Brief cost?+
Brief is $9.99/month for unlimited sources, and every account starts with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged.
What about privacy?+
Brief has read-only access to the newsletters you forward. We don't see anything else in your inbox, and we don't sell or share your data. Your preferences and source list belong to you; export anytime.
How do I get started?+
Sign up with your email to start your 7-day free trial. Pick your sources and you'll get your first issue the next morning. After the trial it's $9.99/month — cancel anytime.
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