Now Available on iOS & Android

News That Knows
Your Neighbourhood

The Radius delivers hyper-local news curated by AI and reported by the people who live it — all within your personal radius.

Real news · Real community · Your radius

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AI
Powered Summaries
7+
News Categories
Real‑Time
Push Notifications
Local
First, Always

Everything You Need

Built for the
Modern News Reader

From AI-curated national headlines to crowd-reported street-level stories, The Radius has every angle covered.

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Portal News
Aggregated news from trusted sources, automatically fetched, AI-summarised, and categorised so you never miss what matters.
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Hyper-Local Feed
Your feed adapts to your exact location. Set your radius and only see stories happening in your neighbourhood, city, or region.
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AI Summarisation
Every article is processed by GPT-4o-mini to produce concise, readable summaries and automatic category tags — saving you time.
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Community Posts
Witnessed something newsworthy? Post text, photos, or video. Your report is reviewed, verified, and published to the community feed.
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Smart Notifications
Get real-time push alerts for breaking news in your area, replies to your posts, and updates on stories you're following.
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Powerful Search
Search across portal news and community posts simultaneously. Filter by category, location, or date to find exactly what you need.
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Engagement & Sharing
Like, comment, bookmark, and share stories. Deep-link sharing works seamlessly between app and web for maximum reach.
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Moderated & Trusted
All community submissions go through AI-assisted content review and human editorial checks before reaching the public feed.
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Multi-Language
News in the language you choose. Language preference is remembered across sessions and used to personalise your entire experience.

How It Works

From Event to Story
in Minutes

Our pipeline ensures every story is accurate, summarised, and in your hands as fast as possible.

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Discover or Report
Browse the AI-curated portal feed or report something you've witnessed directly from the app with text, photos, or video.
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AI Processing
Our background workers automatically summarise, categorise, and moderate content using GPT-4o-mini within seconds of submission.
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Editorial Review
Community posts pass through a human editorial layer to verify facts, check image content, and ensure community standards.
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Delivered to Your Radius
Approved stories land in the feeds of every reader whose location radius overlaps the story. Notifications fire instantly.

News Categories

Every Story Has a Home

From grassroots local incidents to international headlines, every story is tagged, sorted, and surfaced to the right readers.

📍 Local
⚽ Sports
🌍 International
🏛️ Politics
📈 Business
🎬 Entertainment
🔬 Technology
❤️ Health
🌿 Environment
📰 Portal News

Powered by AI

Smarter News,
Not Just Faster

Every article in The Radius is processed by our AI pipeline — summarised in seconds, categorised automatically, and scored for relevance to your location.

  • ✓ GPT-4o-mini powered summaries on every article
  • ✓ Auto-tagging across 10+ news categories
  • ✓ AI-assisted content moderation for community posts
  • ✓ Background workers process content 24/7 via Redis queues
  • ✓ Scheduled RSS aggregation every 4 hours
⚡ AI Pipeline Active
📍 Petaling Jaya · 3 min ago
Flash flood warnings issued for low-lying areas as heavy rain continues through evening
Local AI Summary ✓
🌍 International · 12 min ago
Central bank raises interest rates by 25bps amid inflation concerns in Q3 report
Business Politics
⚽ Sports · 1 hr ago
Local FC secures spot in national championship after dramatic penalty shootout
Sports Breaking

Citizen Journalist Programme

Your Voice.
Your Story.
Your Byline.

Any citizen can report news on The Radius. But if you're passionate about community journalism, apply to become a verified Radius Journalist and unlock a full suite of publishing tools.

  • ✓ Verified journalist badge on your profile
  • ✓ Publish full articles, not just posts
  • ✓ Reach readers across multiple location radii
  • ✓ Editorial team feedback and support
  • ✓ Analytics dashboard for your content
Apply as Journalist →
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Not the World

The Radius Ads platform lets local businesses run targeted campaigns that appear natively inside the news feed — reaching only the readers who are actually nearby.

  • ✓ Geo-targeted ads by location radius
  • ✓ Native in-feed placement — not banners
  • ✓ Self-serve campaign creation with Razorpay payments
  • ✓ Pay only for the reach that matters to you
  • ✓ Admin-reviewed for quality before going live

Built for Scale

Enterprise-Grade Tech,
Community-First Purpose

The Radius is built on a modern, production-ready stack deployed on Railway with high availability in mind.

FastAPI + Python 3.10
React Native (Expo)
PostgreSQL via Supabase
Redis Queue (RQ)
OpenAI GPT-4o-mini
AWS Rekognition
Expo Push Notifications
Razorpay Payments
Railway Deployment
Cloudflare CDN

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Your Community is Waiting

Join thousands of readers and reporters who get their local news from The Radius. Free, always.

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