CivicCast AI ingests every public meeting and generates a polished podcast, newsletter article, draft minutes, and searchable transcript — all from a single pipeline. Built for cities and their residents.
Every meeting generates four deliverables — for residents, staff, and the public record.
Engaging, two-host conversational recaps published within 24 hours of each meeting. White-labeled for the city and distributed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and a dedicated feed.
AI-drafted articles ready for staff review — weekly digests or per-meeting summaries. Full editorial control stays with the city before anything ships to residents.
Structured minutes with motions, votes, and speaker attribution — following each jurisdiction’s own format. Clerks review and finalize in a fraction of the usual time.
Timestamped, speaker-identified transcripts linked to the source video. Search any word, jump to the exact moment, and use as a permanent record for research and FOIA requests.
Optional fifth output: internal briefs so staff across departments stay informed on decisions that affect their work — no more information silos.
Every public meeting flows through the same automated pipeline — no staff effort required.
We pull meeting video and agenda data from platforms like Granicus automatically after each session.
AI transcribes the full audio and identifies speakers — commissioners, staff, and public commenters — by name, with timestamps.
AI identifies decisions, motions, votes, and key discussions — mapping the structure of the meeting for downstream formats.
Podcast episode, newsletter article, draft minutes, and searchable transcript — all delivered within 24 hours.
Our first live deployment — the full platform running on Bozeman, Montana city government.
20+ hours of meetings → ~1 hour of audio each week
The Bozeman Brief delivers automated conversational recaps of Bozeman city government meetings. From the City Commission to 13 advisory boards, every public session is covered — so you never miss a decision that affects your community.
White-labeled, fully automated, and built to slot into how you already operate.
White-labeled across every output — podcast, newsletter, minutes, and transcript portal — with your city’s name and identity.
Every output delivered within one day of each meeting. Always timely, always current.
Draft minutes follow your jurisdiction’s existing format. Clerks review and finalize instead of starting from scratch.
Timestamped, speaker-identified transcripts are searchable and linked back to the source video — ideal for research and FOIA requests.
Every newsletter draft passes through staff before it ships. AI handles the volume, your team keeps the final say.
Fully managed end-to-end. No hardware, no new software for staff to learn, no integration work.
Starting at $800/month or $4,999/year for up to 20 meetings. 30-day free pilot for qualifying municipalities.
Start a Free Pilot →Local journalism in the United States has experienced a dramatic decline. Over half of all U.S. counties now qualify as news deserts with severely limited local coverage. At the same time, local governments hold thousands of public meetings each week — covering zoning, budgets, public safety, infrastructure, and more.
These meetings are recorded and publicly available, but virtually no one watches them. A typical city council meeting runs 2–4 hours, with advisory boards adding another 10–20 hours per week. Meanwhile, city staff spend hours every week drafting minutes, writing newsletters, and fielding records requests.
CivicCast AI closes both gaps at once. We take the public record that already exists and turn it into the formats people actually use — a podcast for residents, a newsletter article for your mailing list, draft minutes for the clerk, and a searchable transcript for everyone. One pipeline, one source of truth.
Interested in bringing CivicCast AI to your community? Have questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you.