About Scottie

A morning brief for people who read too much.

Scottie is what happens when a small team of builders decides the firehose isn’t the answer. Every source you follow is read overnight and returned as one editorial brief—every claim linked back to where it came from.

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Why Scottie

The firehose isn’t the answer.

The feeds keep multiplying. Newsletters, podcasts, subreddits, YouTube channels, city papers—every one of them worth something, all of them together impossible to keep up with. So most of us settle for skimming, feeling behind, and quietly worrying we missed the one thing that mattered.

We didn’t want another feed. We wanted fewer things—the ones that actually earned the morning. So we built the thing we wished existed: a small team of builders, a lot of reading, and one editorial brief in your inbox before your coffee’s cool.

What matters

Five things Scottie won’t compromise on.

01
Signal over volume.
Fewer things, better read. The point isn’t to cover everything—it’s to cover what matters to you.
02
Every claim, linked.
Nothing summarized without a source you can open. If Scottie can’t cite it, it doesn’t ship.
03
Written to, never read.
Your inbox is yours. We deliver a brief; newsletters reach Scottie through your private address, never an inbox connection.
04
Boring on purpose.
No streaks, no push notifications, no engagement games. Attention isn’t a metric to optimize—it’s a resource to protect.
05
One brief, one time.
Mornings are for reading, not scrolling. Scottie shows up once, does its job, and gets out of your way.

A brief with standards

Worth your five minutes—or it doesn’t belong.

Scottie starts with the sources you choose, combines repeated coverage, keeps useful disagreements, and links every claim to the original. If a claim can’t be sourced, it doesn’t make your brief.

The goal isn’t to sound informed. It’s to help you become informed without giving the whole morning away.

The team

Small team. Strong opinions about newsletters.

CEO & Founder

Mike Ulin

Three-time AI founder. McKinsey alum, founding VP of AI at ZestyAI, and formerly co-founder and CTO of Paxton AI. Now CEO and founder of Scottie, building summaries that cite their sources.

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Founding Engineer

Damien Leddy

Founding engineer. Built ingestion, dedup, and delivery at Paxton AI before Scottie. Ships the pipes that get your brief in your inbox before your coffee’s cool.

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