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AI Newsletter Engine

A recurring newsletter curated, written and assembled from your sources, ready to send on the same day every cycle.

A newsletter builds trust only if it arrives reliably, and most slip the moment the week gets busy. AI Newsletter Engine curates items from the sources you choose, writes the connecting copy in your brand voice and assembles a complete, send-ready issue on a fixed schedule. You review it in a queue and send it, so your readers hear from you every cycle.

  • A complete issue assembled on the same schedule every cycle
  • Items curated from your chosen sources, not picked by hand
  • The same structure and voice in every issue
$1,900 20–30 working days Optional maintenance $249/mo
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What it is

AI Newsletter Engine curates items from your chosen sources, writes the connecting copy in your brand voice, and assembles a complete newsletter issue on a recurring schedule. It handles the whole cycle from source material to a send-ready issue. Each issue waits in a review queue first.

Why businesses buy it

A regular newsletter keeps customers and prospects close, but assembling it takes hours of finding, picking and writing every cycle. When that time disappears, issues are skipped and readers forget you. This build handles the whole cycle from source material to send-ready issue, in your voice, so publishing becomes a quick review instead of a project. The Scope Card lists the platform, sections and sample review before you order, so you know exactly what each issue will include.

Problems this solves

The newsletter keeps slipping because nobody has time to assemble it

The engine curates items from your chosen sources, writes the connecting copy and assembles a complete issue on a recurring schedule. Your team receives a send-ready draft instead of a blank template.

Finding items worth including means trawling through many sources

Curation runs against the sources you name at setup. Each cycle, the engine gathers candidate items and builds them into the issue, so nobody spends a morning hunting for links.

Each issue reads differently depending on who wrote it

Copy is written against your brand profile and up to 20 reference examples. You approve 25 sample outputs during testing, so the voice settles before the first live issue.

Issues go out before anyone has properly read them

Every assembled issue waits in a review queue at one agreed destination, such as your inbox, drive or CMS. A person reads and approves it before anything reaches subscribers.

Scope card SKU UPM-C0063

AI Newsletter Engine

Everything this build includes, written down before you pay. Choose a delivery speed and any add-ons, then add it to your cart.

$1,900 one-time build price
1. Choose your delivery speed

Delivery times are in working days (Monday to Friday) and start once your intake is complete. They can extend because of national or public holidays, technical issues outside our control (such as platform outages, third-party changes, account approvals or access delays), or natural disasters and other events beyond our control. If a delay happens, we tell you in writing with a new date.

What is included

Channel
Output delivered to 1 destination (CMS, drive, store or inbox)
Integrations
Up to 1 destination system
Knowledge
Your brand profile + up to 20 reference examples
Workflows
1 generation pipeline with up to 3 output formats
Languages
1
Testing
25 sample outputs reviewed and approved by you
Revisions
2 rounds
Handoff
1 × 45-min handoff session (recorded)
Support
30 days after launch

A good fit if

Your newsletter slips or skips an issue because pulling it together always falls to whoever has time that week.
You already have sources worth curating, such as your own blog, industry news or customer stories, but no one assembling them.
You want the same format and structure every issue, not a newsletter that looks different depending on who wrote it.
You already have one email platform where the newsletter should send from.

Not the right fit if

If you need one-off campaign emails written and sent, not a recurring curated issue, AI Email Marketing is built for that broader send workflow.
If the newsletter's source content does not exist yet and needs writing first, AI Blog Production or AI Content Engine can produce it.
If you need the issue repurposed into social posts afterwards, not just sent as an email, AI Social Repurposing handles that conversion.
If you need more than three newsletter sections or a second destination platform, add a note at checkout for a Change Quote.

How it works

  1. You tell us your sources: your own blog, industry news, customer stories or anything else worth including.
  2. Each cycle, items are pulled from those sources and screened against your priority topics and audience.
  3. Connecting copy, a short intro and section headers are written in your brand voice to tie the items together.
  4. The issue is assembled in up to three section formats, for example a top story plus a roundup plus a short update.
  5. The finished issue sits in an editorial review queue before it reaches your one connected email platform.
  6. Once approved, it sends on your set cadence, and open and click data feeds into what gets curated next time.

What you provide within 72 hours

Your portal lists these the moment you order. Delivery starts the working day after everything is in and your access is checked.

  • Your brand guidelines and a few past issues you already think read well.
  • The sources you want curated from, such as your blog, industry news or customer stories.
  • Access to the email platform the newsletter should send from.
  • Your preferred cadence and the day the issue should go out.
  • The name of the person who approves an issue before it sends.
  • Admin access and API keys for every connected system, shared by adding our team as a user or creating a key you control, never by email.
  • Your business information (company basics, hours and brand voice), shared during intake.
  • One decision-maker for approvals.
  • An API key for your own AI model account (for example OpenAI or Google Gemini), created for this build with a spending limit.
The 72-hour rule. Send everything on your checklist, including access, within 72 hours of ordering so your build starts on time.

Timeline

Start Intake verified, sources and cadence confirmed.
Weeks 1–2 Curation rules and issue structure are built.
Week 3 Email platform connected and section formats configured.
Weeks 3–4 25 sample issues sent for your review.
Week 4 Your review and two rounds of changes.
Go-live Live, recorded handoff session, support starts.
Delivery options, in working days (Monday to Friday) from completed intake. They can extend because of national or public holidays, technical issues outside our control (such as platform outages, third-party changes, account approvals or access delays), or natural disasters and other events beyond our control. If a delay happens, we tell you in writing with a new date.
OptionDelivery timePrice
Standard20–30 working days$1,900
Express15–25 working days$2,300
Rush10–20 working days$2,650

What you receive at handover

  • AI Newsletter Engine set up in your environment and assembling issues on your agreed schedule
  • The workflow, prompt and guardrail configuration, including your source list, brand profile and reference examples
  • A connection to your one destination system, with up to three output formats
  • A test report with the sample issues you reviewed and approved
  • An admin guide and the recorded handoff session
  • 30 days of post-launch support

Expected benefits and how to measure them

  • Can keep your newsletter on schedule even in busy weeks
  • Helps the newsletter sound consistent from one issue to the next
  • Makes your team's role editing rather than assembling
Issues sent on schedule
Compare planned versus actual send dates for the six months before launch and the months after.
Hours per issue
Ask the editor to log time spent on each issue for several cycles, then compare with their earlier estimate.
Open and click rates
Use your email platform's reports to compare issues sent before launch with issues assembled by the engine.

Before you start: Note how many issues you planned versus sent last half-year, and how many hours a typical issue takes to put together.

These are things to track, not promised results. Outcomes depend on your data, your team and your market.

Running costs

The build price is one-time. Running AI Newsletter Engine afterwards costs roughly $20 to $150 a month in your own accounts for AI model usage, and it tends to sit toward the low end for a single recurring issue.

AI usage during the build and testing is billed the same way, directly to your accounts, so your subscriber list and platform relationship stay fully yours.

Ask about running costs

Custom requirements

Add a note at checkout if you need something specific. If it fits within the Scope Card it is simply included. If it goes beyond it, you get a written Change Quote within two working days, and that work starts only once you accept it, with its time added to your delivery date.

Request a custom version

Keep it running

Optional monthly maintenance covers monitoring, fixes, model and platform updates, a monthly health report and monthly change hours for swapping sources, adjusting the cadence and tweaking section structure. It starts after the post-launch support period, bills monthly and can be cancelled any month.

$249/mo (the minimum fee, includes 2 change hours)

Optional. Starts after the post-launch support period. Cancel any month.

How maintenance works

How this compares

Do it yourself with a SaaS toolHire a custom agencyUpmark Labs
Price An email platform gives you the send tool but not the curation A content agency charges a monthly retainer to assemble each issue Ours is one fixed price, shown on this page before you buy
Curation An email platform leaves picking and writing items entirely to you An agency curates manually, at agency rates Ours pulls and screens items from your sources automatically
Consistency An email platform's newsletter looks like whoever assembled it that week An agency build depends on what was agreed Ours follows the same structure and voice every single issue
Delivery An email platform is instant, but assembly is still manual every cycle An agency retainer usually takes several weeks to ramp up Ours has a fixed delivery time shown before you buy, with faster options

Questions about this product

How much does AI Newsletter Engine cost?

One fixed price, shown on this page before you buy. It covers the curation rules, the issue structure, connecting to your email platform, testing and the recorded handoff. There is no per-issue fee afterwards. The only ongoing cost is the AI model usage you pay directly in your own accounts, which stays low for one issue.

What does AI Newsletter Engine cost to run each month?

Usually $20 to $150 a month in AI model usage, paid in your own accounts, and it tends to sit toward the low end for a single recurring issue. Monthly maintenance is separate and optional, for changes to the build, and its price is shown on this page.

How soon does the first newsletter issue go out?

Delivery time is fixed and shown before you buy, counted from a verified intake. Your sources, brand guidelines and preferred cadence need to be in within 72 hours of ordering, since the assembly rules are built around them. Delays sending that information move delivery by three working days per day late.

What sources can the newsletter actually pull from?

Whatever you tell it to track: your own blog, industry news, customer stories or any other source worth curating. It screens items against your priority topics before including them, so the issue stays relevant rather than pulling in everything it finds.

Does an issue send automatically or wait for approval?

Every issue sits in an editorial review queue first, and only the person you name can approve it to send. AI Newsletter Engine curates and assembles the issue; a human still makes the final call before it reaches your subscriber list.

Can we change the sources or cadence later?

Yes. Swapping a source, adjusting the cadence or tweaking the section structure fits inside the monthly change hours included with maintenance. A fourth section format or a second destination platform goes through a written Change Quote instead. Maintenance also covers monitoring, fixes and a monthly health report, and can be cancelled any month.

Who owns the newsletter and its subscriber list?

You do. Your subscriber list, the email platform account and every issue produced stay in your own name throughout. If maintenance is cancelled later, the assembly pipeline already built stays exactly as delivered, with nothing locked behind an ongoing subscription.

Stop losing an issue to a busy week.

Order AI Newsletter Engine and a curated, brand-voice issue goes out on schedule from a fixed delivery date. The scope above is what you get, in writing, before you pay.

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