The Fourth Branch

When journalism distorts, it stops informing — it controls. Our AI agents surface stories that you care about and the ones you're kept from — sourced, labeled, and engineered to break your bubble.

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When journalism censors, panders, and distorts, it’s not news. It’s control.

They call it journalism. We call it a leash. A carefully constructed reality designed to keep you complacent, anxious, and clicking.

Fourth Branch is the antidote. Our AI agents surface the stories that matter to you and the ones you're not supposed to see — sourced, labeled, and engineered to break your bubble wide open.

This isn’t about showing you “the other side.” It’s about showing you the whole battlefield.

Our Assembly Line of Truth

Our platform uses a three-agent system to ensure quality and depth. Here’s the breakdown:

  1. Agent 1: The Lookout (Topic Generator): It all starts here. This agent scans news feeds and the web to identify crucial stories based on user interests and their personal information. It decides what topics demand a deeper look and generates one detailed line as the output.

  2. Agent 2: The Investigator (Report Generator): Based on your chosen topic, our LangGraph engine runs a comprehensive web search, accumulating and analyzing results to build a research-backed dossier — with up to 15 raw and cited sources that represent diverse perspectives.

  3. Agent 3: The Wordsmith (Final Writer): The Investigator's factual dossier is handed to our final agent, which transforms the raw report into a sharp, coherent article formatted in the user's preferred writing style. It’s not just information; it's intelligence tailored for you.

24 Hours of Chaos: Challenges & Fixes

  • Agent Coordination: Getting three autonomous AIs to work in perfect sequence without going rogue was our biggest debugging challenge.
  • AI Safety & Guardrails: We implemented strict protocols to keep the AI's output factual and prevent it from generating harmful content. No friendly fire.
  • Deployment Under Fire: Shipping a full-stack, multi-agent app with a database and frontend in 24 hours is a trial by fire. We survived.

Highlights We’re Hyped About

  • Radical Transparency: We built live frontend streaming so you can watch our agents work. No black boxes. We show our work—always.
  • An Intuitive Cockpit: We delivered a clean UX that makes navigating complex, debiased information feel intuitive, not overwhelming.
  • The Truth, On Demand: We shipped with multimodal output. You can read the article or listen to the generated podcast. The truth is now portable.

The Rebellion is Just Beginning.

What we built in 24 hours is just the first shot. Here's where we're aiming next:

  • Go Global: Expand our agents to research and report in multiple languages, breaking the anglo-centric news bubble.
  • Trace the Process: Watch the agent work in real time — from query to conclusion — with interactive visualizations showing each step, source, and connection behind the story.
  • Expose the Echo Chamber: Offer users a tool to analyze their own media habits and see the shape of the bubble others have built around them.

This is Day One.

Welcome to the rebellion.

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