# Particle

> Particle is an AI-powered news reader built by former Twitter engineers Sara Beykpour and Marcel Molina. It summarizes the day's stories from many sources, shows the political spread of coverage, extracts key quotes, and links prominently back to the publishers it draws from - positioning itself as an AI news product that pays and drives traffic to journalists rather than scraping them. Available on iOS, Android, and the web, Particle is developed by San Francisco-based Mina Labs and has raised $15.3M.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Sara Beykpour (Co-Founder & CEO), Marcel Molina (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~19 employees
- **Products:** Particle app (iOS & Android), Particle.news (Web), Feature suite, Podcast Intelligence API
- **Notable:** Raised $15.3M total ($4.4M seed + $10.9M Series A led by Lightspeed) by mid-2024., Signed content partnerships with Reuters, Fortune and AFP., Reduced AI summary error rate from roughly 1-in-100 to 1-in-10,000 through its multi-model pipeline.

## Products & services

- **Particle app (iOS & Android)** — AI-powered news reader that summarizes stories from many sources, surfaces opposing viewpoints on a political spectrum, extracts key quotes, offers audio summaries, translations, an AI chatbot, and follow-able journalist bylines.
- **Particle.news (Web)** — The web version of Particle's news reader with browsable categories (Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Science, Crime, Economics, Video Games) and 'entity pages' about people and organizations in the news.
- **Feature suite** — 'Explain Like I'm 5,' 'Just the Facts' (the 5 Ws), 'Opposite Sides,' translation, audio, and quote extraction - different ways to read the same story.
- **Podcast Intelligence API** — A developer API that searches transcripts from 100,000+ podcasts with speaker labels and rich metadata.

## Achievements

- Raised $15.3M total ($4.4M seed + $10.9M Series A led by Lightspeed) by mid-2024.
- Signed content partnerships with Reuters, Fortune and AFP.
- Reduced AI summary error rate from roughly 1-in-100 to 1-in-10,000 through its multi-model pipeline.
- Expanded from iOS to Android and the web (particle.news) within roughly a year of launch.
- Shipped a Podcast Intelligence API searching transcripts across 100,000+ podcasts.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Launched Particle.news on the web, bringing the AI news reader beyond mobile with browsable categories and entity pages.
- **2024-11** — Public launch of the Particle news app, positioned as helping publishers rather than scraping them, with features like Opposite Sides and Just the Facts.
- **2024-06** — Announced $10.9M Series A led by Lightspeed and added publishing partners.
- **2024-03** — Emerged from stealth with $4.4M in seed funding.

## Links

- Website: https://particle.news
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/particle-news

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Last updated: 2026-07-11