Launched this week
Brightcast
AI-curated positive news. No doom, just hope.
433 followers
AI-curated positive news. No doom, just hope.
433 followers
Brightcast curates only positive, verified news stories daily. Stay informed about real progress in science, health, and humanity—without the anxiety. Free app.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Tom, solo maker of Brightcast. I live in Switzerland with my wife and two teenage children, and I built this because about 18 months ago I noticed something uncomfortable: my children were forming their picture of the world from headlines that left them quietly anxious — and I wasn't much better, doomscrolling on the couch after they went to bed.
The problem isn't that bad things happen. It's that good things happen too — real climate progress, medical breakthroughs, community wins — and we almost never hear about them. Outrage just converts better than hope.
Brightcast is my attempt to fix that:
🌱 Brightcast Impact Score (BIS)
— every story gets a verified score for hope, reach and credibility. Not vibes. Actual signals.
📰 An editorial layer on every article
— a "Why It Matters," a "Bigger Picture," and an "Apparently…" one-liner for when you only have 10 seconds.
🪙 Hope Coins
— reading and sharing funds real environmental and social projects. You're not just consuming, you're contributing.
It's live on iOS, Android and web, publishing ~180 stories an hour. All verified, all positive-but-not-naive.
What I'd genuinely love feedback on:
Does the Impact Score help you decide what to read, or is it noise?
Is the editorial layer useful, or too much?
What category feels under-represented?
And one open question for everyone here: what was the last piece of news that genuinely made your day?
— Tom
Hi everybody! Thanks so much for checking out Brightcast. Highly appreciated.
What I'd genuinely love feedback on:
Does the Impact Score help you decide what to read, or is it noise?
Is the editorial layer useful, or too much?
What category feels under-represented?
And one open question for everyone here: what was the last piece of news that genuinely made your day?
— Tom