# EZ Newswire

> EZ Newswire is a New York press-release distribution and measurement company that packages guaranteed syndication to named publishers, human editorial review, search reporting, and AI-answer tracking into a self-service platform. Founded by Caitlin Kelly and Neel Shah, it began with low-cost, AI-assisted release writing and has moved upmarket toward premium distribution and analytics for startups, agencies, and enterprises.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Caitlin Kelly (Co-founder), Neel Shah (Co-founder and CEO)
- **Products:** AI-assisted press release creation, Press release distribution, Performance reporting, AI visibility reporting, Enterprise and agency workflows
- **Notable:** Launched its public beta in May 2023 after about 2,500 organizations tried an early version., Won a $50,000 investment in The MBA Fund's sixth annual pitch competition in April 2024., Signed an exclusive multi-year Reuters distribution deal in September 2024 after a closed beta with enterprises, growing businesses, and nonprofits.

## Products & services

- **AI-assisted press release creation** — A guided workflow that helps teams draft professional announcements, followed by automated checks and human editorial review.
- **Press release distribution** — Fixed-price distribution bundles with guaranteed syndication to named publisher networks, including AP, Fortune, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, USA Today, and local or regional sites depending on plan.
- **Performance reporting** — A dashboard and exportable reports covering live placements, engagement, search indexing and rank, links, and traffic data.
- **AI visibility reporting** — Daily prompt monitoring across major answer engines, with brand mentions, share of voice, sentiment, and citation tracking for upper-tier plans.
- **Enterprise and agency workflows** — Multi-organization support, review and approval workflows, API access, SSO, bulk pricing, invoicing, and white-labeled reports.

## Achievements

- Launched its public beta in May 2023 after about 2,500 organizations tried an early version.
- Won a $50,000 investment in The MBA Fund's sixth annual pitch competition in April 2024.
- Signed an exclusive multi-year Reuters distribution deal in September 2024 after a closed beta with enterprises, growing businesses, and nonprofits.
- Closed a two-times-oversubscribed seed round led by ValueStream Ventures and Reformation Partners in 2025; the amount was not publicly disclosed.
- Added an exclusive multi-year Fortune integration in late 2025.
- Launched search, engagement, and AI-answer reporting in June 2026.
- Earned a 4.8 out of 5 rating on G2 and Fall 2026 High Performer and Easiest to Do Business With recognition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — G2 listed EZ Newswire as a High Performer across several press-release distribution grids, with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
- **2026-07** — The company expanded educational material around AI visibility, schema, entity consistency, and publishing releases to Reuters and Fortune.
- **2026-06** — Launched a reporting dashboard for distribution, page engagement, search rank, and AI-answer citations, mentions, and sentiment.
- **2025-12** — Announced an exclusive multi-year integration with Fortune.
- **2025-01** — Published its inaugural State of the Newswire report; 71% of surveyed communications practitioners said they were dissatisfied with their provider.

## Links

- Website: https://www.eznewswire.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eznewswire

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Last updated: 2026-09-21