Our story

Editorial intelligence reinvented

EarlyForge transforms the way editorial teams detect trends, produce content, and publish — before topics go mainstream.

The problem we solve

Editorial teams lose a large share of their day hunting for trending topics. When they find them, it's often too late — the window of opportunity is closed.

EarlyForge reverses this paradigm. Our pipeline detects emerging trends across thousands of data sources and 50 countries, scores each signal on 5 factors, then drafts sourced, SEO-optimized articles ready for your review.

The result: your teams focus on editorial strategy while AI handles monitoring and first drafts. You publish before your competitors, not after.

Who builds EarlyForge

EarlyForge is designed, built and operated by Carnegie, its independent founder, from Montpellier in the south of France.

The platform launched in 2026 with a simple conviction: newsrooms should learn about a story while it is still forming, not once every outlet has already covered it. Every part of EarlyForge serves that goal — detection across thousands of sources in 50 countries and 28 languages, scoring that separates a real signal from noise, and drafts that cite their sources so an editor can verify each claim before publishing.

Data is hosted in the European Union and handled under the GDPR. You can reach the founder directly through the contact page — questions, feedback and partnership ideas all land in the same inbox.

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Scoring factors

Our principles

End-to-end execution

Timing matters in news. Our AI agents run the whole chain: real-time detection, live updates, and a sourced draft as soon as you green-light a topic.

Trust & Transparency

GDPR hosting in the European Union, AES-256 encryption, audited payment partners. Your data stays yours, always.

AI serving humans

AI doesn't replace the journalist — it augments them. Full editing, real-time collaboration, human validation at every step.

The company

EarlyForge is the trade name of a French sole proprietorship (micro-entreprise) registered in the national business register (Registre national des entreprises) — SIREN 107 467 276, SIRET 107 467 276 00013, APE code 5829C (application software publishing) — based in Montpellier, France.

Full legal notice

What we have shipped

The main milestones since launch, in the order they arrived:

  • Pulse, a public daily ranking of emerging stories with a permanent archive
  • Bring your own AI key
  • Configurable alerts on paid plans
  • Public trend pages showing each story’s score since detection and whether outlets have covered it
  • Audio interview transcription with each speaker identified
  • A walkthrough video in English and French
See every release in the changelog

How we work

AI detects, ranks and drafts; people review and decide what gets published. Our editorial method explains how Pulse is computed, how drafts are reviewed, which sources we rely on and how to report a correction.

Read our editorial method (in English)

Built in Montpellier, France — by Carnegie, independent founder

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