NOTA

NOTA

AI-powered digital publishing toolkit for creators

Overview

NOTA provides cloud-based AI tools that help publishers and marketers automate the creation of newsletters, images, and social media posts. Users can input links into the platform to automatically pull headlines and images into a newsletter layout or use the image generator to create visuals for their stories. Unlike standalone design apps, NOTA offers an integrated suite specifically tailored to the digital publishing workflow, allowing users to convert one piece of content into multiple formats for different platforms simultaneously. The company's goal is to empower storytellers by providing tools that handle the technical aspects of production, allowing creators to focus on the quality and impact of their stories.

About NOTA

Simplify's Rating
Why NOTA is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Studio launched September 1, 2026, with beta partners cutting production time 70 percent.
  • Microsoft and TollBit back Nota News, strengthening infrastructure and monetization credibility.
  • One Studio partner reported 57 percent ad-revenue growth, improving the sales narrative.

What critics are saying

  • Poynter and Axios exposed plagiarism across 11 Nota News sites in April 2026.
  • The Boston Globe told staff to stop using Nota products while ending its contract.
  • A trust collapse can erase newsroom renewals and kill Studio's enterprise expansion by 2027.

What makes NOTA unique

  • Polaris powers Studio, Intelligence, and Growth for media workflows in one system.
  • Studio integrates with WordPress and Arc XP, preserving editors' existing publishing flow.
  • Nota serves 160 enterprise media organizations, giving it distribution leverage in newsroom AI.

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Australian News Journal
Sep 1st, 2026
Nota launches Studio and bets media companies want one AI system instead of ten.

Nota launches Studio and bets media companies want one AI system instead of ten. Beta partners cut production time 70 percent. One grew ad revenue 57 percent. Every output still has editorial oversight. Every company is a media company now. Studio gives them the tools to act like one. Put in what you have, get back the article, the clips, the posts and the newsletter" - Josh Brandau, CEO of Nota LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, September 1, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / - Nota today launched Studio, a production platform that takes one asset and returns every format a media company publishes. Studio is available now to newsrooms, broadcasters, sports properties, digital publishers, and content creators. Media companies have been buying AI one tool at a time. A clipping tool. A summarization tool. A social tool. A translation tool. Each came with its own login, its own invoice, and no way to hand work to the next one. Studio replaces that stack with a single system, and Nota is wagering that consolidation is what the market wants next. "Every media company we talk to has the same problem. They bought a clipping tool, a summarization tool, a social tool, and a translation tool, and now they run four systems that don't share anything," said Josh Brandau, CEO and co-founder of Nota. "Studio is one system. One input, one approval flow, one invoice. The bottleneck was never ideas or talent. It was the hour between having the material and having something you can publish. That hour is now five minutes." A user drops in a broadcast, a live stream, a video file, audio, a URL, a PDF, or a document. Studio returns the package: short clips in every aspect ratio, a drafted article with SEO fields attached, social posts written for each account, and newsletter copy in the outlet's template. Every piece comes back in the outlet's own voice, because Studio builds its brand profile from what that outlet has already published. From a live broadcast, the first clip is ready in under five minutes. Nota benchmarks the tools media companies use today at 20 to 30 minutes for a first clip. Partners running Studio through its beta cut production time 70 percent and newsletter build time 85 percent. Social engagement rose 32 percent. Newsletter open rates rose 26 percent. One partner grew ad revenue 57 percent, which moves the case for AI in the newsroom from cost saved to revenue earned. Nothing publishes on its own. An editor approves each output before it ships, and every output carries a citation back to its source material so an editor can check it first. Studio works inside the systems media companies already run. It publishes to WordPress through a two-way connection, to Arc XP, and to any other CMS through an API. Editors never leave their existing workflow. Studio pairs with Nota Intelligence, which monitors sources, flags new developments, and surfaces verified facts for editors. Together they cover the path from signal to published output. Media companies running both replace roughly ten separate technologies with one platform. "Every company is a media company now. Studio gives them the tools to act like one. Put in what you have, get back the article, the clips, the posts and the newsletter," said Brandau. Built on Polaris Studio runs on Polaris, Nota's proprietary language model built for media and trained on licensed editorial data. Polaris meets the accuracy standards of news and sports organizations. Availability Studio is available today. Pricing is set by organization and includes implementation support. To request a demo, contact sales@ heynota.com. About Nota Nota is an AI operating system for media companies. Founded in Los Angeles by former executives of the Los Angeles Times, Nota serves more than 160 enterprise media organizations across broadcast, digital publishing, and sports. The platform spans three products: Intelligence for signal monitoring and story sourcing, Studio for multi-format content creation, and Growth for monetization. All three run on Polaris, Nota's proprietary language model built for media. Learn more at heynota.com. Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Australian News Journal do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.

Editor & Publisher
Sep 16th, 2025
Restoring local news: Nota partners with Microsoft and TollBit to power civic engagement

Nota today announced the launch of Nota News, a new initiative to restore and sustain local journalism in underserved communities, in partnership with TollBit, Springwire and Microsoft.

Editor & Publisher
Sep 4th, 2025
Nota names Kevin Barth chief commercial officer to drive global expansion

Nota, the adaptive operating system for storytelling, today announced the appointment of Kevin Barth as chief commercial officer (CCO).

GeekWire
Feb 5th, 2024
Microsoft Announces Ai Newsroom Projects With Semafor And Others, As Nyt Lawsuit Looms

Microsoft will work with several news organizations to explore and implement new applications of generative artificial intelligence in newsrooms and business operations. (GeekWire File Photo)Microsoft announced five projects to help news organizations incorporate generative artificial intelligence into their operations, building on its existing efforts to use technology to support the role of journalism in democracy. The company will collaborate on different initiatives with Semafor, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, the Online News Association, the GroundTruth Project, and Nota. The move highlights the complex relationship between tech giants and a broader news industry that has seen its traditions and business models repeatedly disrupted by digital innovations over three decades — from the dawn of the web, to the advent of Craigslist and Facebook, and now the rapid rise of AI.Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI were sued late last year by the New York Times for copyright violations over the alleged use of the newspaper’s stories to train large language models including GPT-4.The new initiatives announced Monday aim to establish procedures and practices for responsible AI use in newsgathering and business operations; provide AI training for reporters; and help to build sustainable journalistic business operations and viable newsrooms for the long run.“This work is challenging – and our goal is to find ways to support journalists in this mission, not replace them,” said Noreen Gillespie, journalism director for Microsoft’s Democracy Forward initiative and a former Associated Press journalist, in a Microsoft post. “By working with these organizations, we hope to shed light on the promise that the newsroom of the future can hold.”Project details: Semafor, the news site launched in 2022 by former BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith and former Bloomberg Media Group CEO Justin Smith, said it will launch “a new, global multi-source breaking news feed called Signals” under the collaboration. The approach will use tools from Microsoft and OpenAI to help journalists “offer readers diverse, sophisticated perspectives and insights on the biggest stories in the world as they develop.”The Financial Times reported that the funding for Signals is “substantial” for Semafor’s business, citing a person familiar with the matter

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