AI Newsletter System
End-to-end newsletter infrastructure for The AI Debrief
BeehiivOpenAIZapierManyChat
Built in
2 weeks
Client
The AI Debrief
Stack
4 tools
The problem
What needed solving
Needed a complete newsletter operation that could scale - research, writing, scheduling, analytics, and subscriber growth - without spending hours manually each week.
The approach
How it was built
- 1
Built an automated pipeline using Beehiiv, OpenAI, Zapier, and ManyChat.
- 2
AI assists with research and drafting; Zapier handles scheduling and cross-posting.
- 3
ManyChat drives Instagram followers to subscribe and Beehiiv manages delivery and analytics.
- 4
The entire system runs with minimal manual input.
The outcome
What it shipped
- 100K+ subscribers.
- 40-44% open rate, 2.3% click rate.
- 2x/week send cadence held without manual scheduling.
- +1,000 new subscribers per month.
The stack
Tools used
Beehiiv
Newsletter platform & analytics
OpenAI
Drafting & research synthesis
Zapier
Automation glue between tools
ManyChat
Instagram → newsletter funnel
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