Reed

Distraction-free high quality news for the discerning reader and their Family.

PilotEdTech

Reed is addressing the most pressing problem of our time - a cluttered news reading experience. it's clean article extraction and pay-per-read ensures that you only pay for what you read, and stop running into popups, ads, paywalls. Reed for Families get age-filtered news with parental controls. Publishers are able to set price at an article level and get paid more compared to Ad monetization, or when compared to Apple News, or other AI news aggregation sites.

1 builder1 likeCreated Mar 30, 2026

PPrasanna Vinjamuri

·Viva Global LLC

Build a reading experience people choose over their news app

EngineeringSteady — flexible pace

What you'll learn

Deep PWA development (service workers, offline caching, push notifications), content extraction/parsing at scale, and building a consumer product with real retention metrics.

Build core reader features: PWA support, reading streaks, push notifications, referral system, and article extraction improvements. Later: story clustering, email digests, and the publisher dashboard. Next.js on Cloudflare Workers.

Who you'll work with

Founder is a serial builder shipping production apps on Cloudflare. Reed is live at reedreader.com with real content from 30+ publishers. You'll work on a product people actually use.

Make Reed understand what you read and why it matters

EngineeringSteady — flexible pace

What you'll learn

Production AI/ML integration: building classification pipelines, prompt engineering for real users (including children), and embedding-based content similarity. Real deployment, not notebooks.

Build the intelligence layer: AI-powered content classification for age-appropriate filtering, "Explain This" feature for kid profiles using Claude API, and story clustering to group articles about the same event.

Who you'll work with

Working on AI features that directly impact how kids consume news. The founder has deep experience with Claude API and Cloudflare AI infrastructure.

Tokens + BountyFounder referencePortfolio piece

Helpful:Claude/Anthropic APINLPContent classificationTypeScriptPrompt engineering

Get Reed to 1000 weekly active readers

Growth & MarketingSteady — flexible pace

What you'll learn

Full-stack growth from zero: dogfooding programs, community seeding, school/PTA channel development, and Product Hunt launch strategy. Real metrics, real users.

Build Reed's early user base: recruit dogfood testers, post in parenting and tech communities, manage social accounts, coordinate PTA outreach to schools, and prep for Product Hunt launch.

Who you'll work with

Reed is a family-first news reader — the growth story is compelling (parents want this). You'll build the playbook for a product category that doesn't have an incumbent.

TokensFounder referencePortfolio piece

Helpful:Community buildingSocial mediaContent marketingPartnership outreachProduct Hunt

Design a reading experience that makes news feel calm

DesignSteady — flexible pace

What you'll learn

Designing a reading-focused consumer product — typography-heavy, mobile-first, accessibility-conscious. Portfolio piece showing you can design for both adults and children.

Design the reading experience: onboarding flow, article typography, parent dashboard, empty states, PWA install experience, and iOS app design. Make news feel calm and trustworthy for families.

Who you'll work with

The product is live and you can see your designs in the hands of real users. Small team where the designer has real ownership over the experience.

TokensFounder referencePortfolio piece

Helpful:UI/UX designTypographyMobile designDesign systemsPrototyping

Figure out what families actually need from a news app

Product ManagementSprint — 2-4 weeks

What you'll learn

Hands-on UX research with real families and kids. Learn structured interview techniques, usability testing with minors, privacy compliance (COPPA), and how research translates into product decisions.

Run user research for the family hypothesis: parent interviews, kids usability testing, content analysis, COPPA compliance review, and competitive tracking. Your findings directly shape the product roadmap.

Who you'll work with

Your research determines whether Reed doubles down on families or pivots to adults-only. High-impact role where findings directly drive strategy.

TokensFounder referencePortfolio piece

Helpful:User researchUsability testingData analysisCOPPA/privacyCompetitive analysis