# Meltwater: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/
Covers: 2001 to Oct. 27, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-29
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Meltwater: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/, updated 2026-10-29

> We confirmed 134 product launches from Meltwater since 2009. The latest, Adds Klear and Media Relations agents for creator vetting, reports and outreach follow-up, was announced Oct. 27, 2026. We also record 1 funding round, 6 acquisitions, 1 new company, 1 rebrand and 1 award or analyst placement.

Meltwater sells a media monitoring and social listening suite to PR and communications teams. It also includes a journalist database, outreach tools and press release distribution. GenAI Lens reports how AI platforms describe a brand, next to PR reporting dashboards.

## Facts

- Site: [meltwater.com](https://www.meltwater.com/)
- Founded: 2001
- Category: PR suites
- Status: Active
- Price: no published price ("tailored pricing rather than a one-size-fits-all list"); Starter, Pro, Enterprise and Agency tiers carry no figures

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Adds Klear and Media Relations agents for creator vetting, reports and outreach follow-up

Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Agents in Klear and Media Relations take on repetitive work such as vetting creators, building campaign reports and following up on media outreach.

Features: [AI agents](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents), [Sending and follow-up](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-sending-and-follow-up).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/year-end-release-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L36BTNM61

### Launches Reputation Intelligence, an add-on module for reputational risk

Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

A paid add-on that spots reputational risks as they surface, sorts them into a risk taxonomy, scores their severity and trajectory, and tracks them on a dashboard.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/year-end-release-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LBPRP4CWY

### Adds Visual Context Intelligence for what is shown in video and images

Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Monitoring can search and measure what is said and shown in videos and images, not only text.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/year-end-release-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LCPC735W6

### Adds Top Influencers and Prompt Volumes to GenAI Lens

Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

GenAI Lens shows what people ask AI tools about a brand, and which creators and publishers influence the answers.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/year-end-release-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LH2HQ85RR

### Adds the GenAI Lens Accuracy Checker for claims in AI answers

Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

GenAI Lens flags wrong, outdated or contradictory claims about a brand in AI answers, so teams can correct them.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/year-end-release-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LN8AE1ZCP

### Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools

Announced Oct. 20, 2026.

Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools, dated 20 October 2026, evaluated 11 vendors. Meltwater says it was placed highest in Ability to Execute and furthest in Completeness of Vision.

Analyst placement: Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/leader-gartner-2026).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L86SNX6DH

### Media Relations: personalized pitches and journalist relationship history

Available October 2026.

Media Relations lets a user build one pitch for a list, tailor each message and attachment, send in bulk, and track relationship activity per journalist.

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing), [Sending and follow-up](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-sending-and-follow-up), [PR CRM](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

In [PR software this week: Oct. 5 to 19, 2026](https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/2026-10-20/#launch-K14).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-K14

### New Mira Companion

Available October 2026.

Mira Companion now reads where the user is in Meltwater and helps build searches, research articles and journalists, explain dashboards and act without switching pages; it remembers chat history and preferences.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-K15

### MCP credit dashboard for account admins

Available October 2026.

Admins see MCP credits used and remaining, active users, tool-level spend and usage trends on a new MCP Usage page.

Features: [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-K16

### Newsletters: shareable links with AI briefings

Available October 2026.

Newsletters can be shared as links carrying an AI briefing of top themes, storylines and coverage, ready to paste into Slack or Teams.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-K17

### Tracks Instagram Reels views across Klear creator rosters

Announced October 2026.

Klear shows Instagram-reported Reels views for every creator on a roster, including creators who have not connected their account, with organic, paid and Facebook breakdowns where available.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 1)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LMWXP2EJC

### Adds AI Brand Visibility dashboard template and 13 GenAI Lens widgets to Analyze

Announced October 2026.

A ready-made Analyze dashboard tracks brand and competitor visibility, mentions, sentiment and cited sources across AI models. Thirteen GenAI Lens widgets can be added to any dashboard.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 1)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LYAT32YM5

### Launches a unified Content Stream across Explore, Explore+ and Analyze

Announced September 2026.

One content view adds in-stream translation, media layouts, sentiment editing and grouped syndicated articles, plus natural-language AI sorting in Explore.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L31X4FKW9

### Adds Mention Rate change alerts in GenAI Lens

Announced September 2026.

Users get an alert when a tracked brand's Mention Rate rank in AI-generated answers changes meaningfully.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 1)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L8GEWFK0N

### Adds Branded Web Reports in GenAI Lens

Announced September 2026.

An eight-tab report covers branded and unbranded prompts, narratives, models, the brand website, cited sources and URLs, and recommendations tied to visibility gaps.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 1)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LCC5QNERY

### Adds a Funnel board for Klear influencer campaigns

Announced September 2026.

Campaign members appear as cards on a drag-and-drop board by stage, with custom stages, to track influencer pipeline progress.

Features: [PR CRM](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LF2YQWTPW

### Adds Earned Media Value for earned social across dashboards, stream and exports

Announced September 2026.

EMV converts reach, likes, comments, shares and views into a monetary value using per-network benchmarks, shown in Analyze dashboards, the Unified Content Stream and exports, in local currency.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 1)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LVK6P9V5B

### Adds Mistral to GenAI Lens AI monitoring

Announced August 2026.

GenAI Lens can track brand visibility, mentions, sentiment and prominence in Mistral, as a separately priced add-on, bringing coverage to 11 AI sources.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L173QB8ZD

### Opens media database search beyond the customer's subscription

Announced August 2026.

Users can search journalists and outlets outside their contracted package, see basic profile details and request access to gated contacts.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L9K6G2YGM

### Adds Visibility Rank Change Alerts in GenAI Lens

Announced August 2026.

Email, Slack or in-app alerts fire when a tracked brand moves up or down in AI answer rankings after a data refresh.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 3)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/3).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LE24AC402

### Adds 20,000 podcast contacts to Media Relations

Announced August 2026.

Users can search podcasts by host, show title or topic, with a podcast badge to tell them apart from other media contacts.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Podcast, speaking and award slots](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-podcasts-and-awards).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LKTWGSAKA

### Expands Compare in Explore with custom segments and growth views

Announced August 2026.

Compare can segment searches by date range or category, align timeframes, switch between absolute and trend-growth views, and add a Keyword Rank list in Explore+.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 2)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LTWN7D0TE

### Adds an Author Type filter to separate people from brands and bots

Announced August 2026.

A Unified Filters option includes or excludes posts from individual people, for supported X and Sina Weibo content.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 3)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/3).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LWKFA5P4H

### AI-powered Topic Clusters

Available August 2026.

Explore topic clusters generated at query time with large language models and story-like labels.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R505

### Meltwater MCP goes GA with action tools

Available July 8, 2026.

Meltwater's remote MCP server, hosted natively since June 2025 for customer pilots, became generally available with new tools that let AI assistants create reports and track alerts inside Meltwater.

Features: [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors), [MCP server](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-server).

[In the skills library](https://www.newsprint.com/skills/#launch-R482).

Sources: [Meltwater developer changelog](https://developer.meltwater.com/help/changelog), [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-mcp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R482

### Adds an AI Visibility (GenAI Lens) API

Announced July 1, 2026.

The v4 API returns GenAI Lens prompts, prompt folders, aggregate metrics, date histograms and top terms, so AI-answer visibility can feed BI tools and reports.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater developer changelog](https://developer.meltwater.com/help/changelog).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L5CVP73TV

### Adds an Overview tab to Trends Center

Announced July 2026.

One tab shows what is trending across TikTok, X, Instagram and News, with AI insights, post volumes and top signal cards.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 3)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/3).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L7J1FY4FC

### Extends Klear AI Discovery to YouTube

Announced July 2026.

AI Discovery searches Instagram and YouTube together from a plain-language brief and shows matching content with AI reasoning.

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L982SA64R

### Adds custom content upload to Explore

Announced July 2026.

Teams upload first-party or licensed content by CSV, and Meltwater enriches it with metadata and AI so it can be searched with the rest of their data.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LDDFZDZN3

### Adds News Trends to Trends Center

Announced July 2026.

Trends Center surfaces trending news stories with the same widgets and categories as its social trend sources, without Boolean setup.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LDKJ8A2NV

### Connects GenAI Lens to Google Analytics

Announced July 2026.

Users compare AI visibility with LLM-referred sessions, transactions, revenue and conversion rates from GA4.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 3)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/3).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LE15RQKKN

### Adds Cross Channel widgets for paid, earned and owned reporting

Announced July 2026.

Analyze dashboards can show owned social page and post metrics next to paid and earned widgets in one dashboard.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LFC1NJADD

### Adds Microsoft Copilot to GenAI Lens monitoring

Announced July 2026.

GenAI Lens tracks brand visibility, sentiment and volume in Microsoft Copilot answers, with the web sources and citations behind each answer.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LQJPS6HFD

### Upgrades the AI Search Assistant in Explore

Announced July 2026.

The assistant that builds searches from plain language adds chat history, progress updates, query comparison and follow-up suggestions.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 3)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/3).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LS8RH8XGT

### Story Flow Agent (Mira Studio)

Available July 2026.

Plain-language request returns a cited brief on how a story started, spread and evolved.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [AI agents](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R476

### Adds Explore+ exports to the Meltwater API

Announced June 26, 2026. In beta.

Developers can create one-time or recurring exports of Explore+ searches through the v4 API, filtered by tags, custom fields and languages.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater developer changelog](https://developer.meltwater.com/help/changelog).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LVDTKVMSS

### Adds side-by-side Compare for Optimized and Standard searches in Explore+

Announced June 2026.

Brands, campaigns and competitors can be benchmarked across both search types, then saved, shared or exported.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 5)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L2AEW9XVT

### Redesigns Media Relations search around Contacts, Sources, Topics and AI Search

Announced June 2026.

Journalist and outlet search is reorganized into four modes, including an AI Search mode.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 5)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L56RG3EZ3

### Expands Klear AI Outreach drafting for creator conversations

Announced June 2026.

Klear offers AI-generated drafts or guided writing help throughout creator conversations, from first outreach to follow-ups.

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 5)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LG59MAR7T

### Lets Mira Studio publish responses as branded web reports

Announced June 2026.

Any Mira Studio response can be published as a branded web page with logo and colors and shared by link without a login.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 4)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/4).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LMTKGYVFP

### Exports Explore Analytics to PowerPoint and Google Slides

Announced June 2026.

Classic and Brand Analytics tabs can be exported to PowerPoint or added directly to Google Slides.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 5)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LT9ZPHX9W

### AudioCast AI summaries in Newsletters

Available June 2026.

Newsletters can include AI-generated audio summaries.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R399

### AI Prompt Suggestions (Mira Studio)

Available June 2026.

AI reviews a new prompt and suggests ways to improve clarity and specificity.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R400

### Adds speech-to-text analysis of TikTok and Instagram video

Announced May 5, 2026.

Spoken content in video becomes searchable, measurable text, so monitoring goes beyond captions and hashtags.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater press release (2026 Mid-Year Release)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/2026-mid-year-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L4FHZ388C

### Adds Substack and YouTube channel-level data sources

Announced May 5, 2026.

The 2026 Mid-Year Release adds Substack content and YouTube channel-level insights to Meltwater data coverage.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater press release (2026 Mid-Year Release)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/2026-mid-year-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L5RDYDXK5

### GenAI Lens recommendations and LLM-generated reports

Announced May 5, 2026.

2026 Mid-Year Release added AI-powered recommendations in GenAI Lens, LLM-generated branded reporting summaries, and a Mira Agent for Slack.

Features: [AI-answer optimization](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-optimization), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/2026-mid-year-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R378

### Mira Agent for Slack

Announced May 5, 2026.

Brings Mira into Slack to answer media questions and produce summaries, briefs and recaps.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [AI agents](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents).

Sources: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/2026-mid-year-release), [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R379

### Adds TV and radio coverage to the Meltwater API

Announced May 2026.

Supported API endpoints return broadcast content alongside news and social data.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 6)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L8DPDJJVX

### Adds in-stream article translation in Monitor

Announced May 2026.

Articles translate into the user's language inside the Monitor content stream.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 6)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LA8YG30AT

### Adds Exploratory Tabs in Explore

Announced May 2026.

Any widget can become its own analysis tab with automatically generated visualizations and contextual insights.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 6)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LCHT26PEE

### Adds Telegram monitoring for threat intelligence

Announced May 2026.

A premium add-on powered by DarkOwl brings curated Telegram data into Explore for risk and security teams.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 6)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LJ6DQ88PW

### Adds Competitive Benchmarking widgets for social

Announced May 2026.

Analyze compares follower growth, engagement and content performance against competitors on X, Instagram and Facebook.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 5)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LS3ZX3MKB

### Pitch Tracking

Available May 2026.

Meltwater launched Pitch Tracking, which automatically finds likely media pickups from pitches and lets users confirm coverage.

Features: [PR CRM](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater (Product Updates, May 2026 entry)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N130

### AI-Powered Insights and Recommendations in Explore

Available May 2026.

AI insights with supporting evidence in Explore, plus generated reports with strategic recommendations.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/5).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R375

### Brings verified YouTube creator data into Klear

Announced April 23, 2026.

First-party data from YouTube's Creator Partnerships API feeds creator discovery, vetting and campaign measurement.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/youtube-partnership).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L7Z9RP3WD

### Launches Unified Outreach for pitches and email campaigns

Announced April 2026.

One workflow sends personalized pitches or bulk campaigns, tracks replies and measures performance.

Features: [Sending and follow-up](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-sending-and-follow-up), [PR CRM](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 7)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L24VQBY0Y

### Exports Mira Studio output as branded PowerPoint decks

Announced April 2026.

AI-generated summaries and reports from Mira Studio export as branded PowerPoint presentations.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 6)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L7EEZ5SNX

### Adds AI Search Assistant editing for Advanced (Boolean) searches

Announced April 2026.

Users edit Boolean searches in Explore and Explore+ with AI suggestions.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 7)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L9JVERE32

### Adds Scheduled Prompts and Quick Actions to Mira Studio

Announced April 2026.

Scheduled Prompts run recurring AI prompts and deliver the insights to stakeholders; Quick Actions insert saved searches, filters and prompts.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 7)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LSZAAC3DM

### AI Personalized Pitching

Available April 2026.

AI drafts media pitches using a journalist's recent coverage and the user's earlier outreach.

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R349

### Mira on Mobile

Available April 2026.

Mira chat and AI summaries in the Meltwater mobile app.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/6).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R350

### AI Insights via Mira Companion

Available April 2026.

Mira Companion explains dashboard charts and metrics in plain language.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R351

### AI Highlights in Every Mention Alerts

Available April 2026.

AI-generated summary at the top of each alert with sentiment, topics and mention volume.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/7).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R352

### Adds Instagram Trends to Trends Center

Announced March 2026.

Trends Center tracks Instagram trends alongside TikTok and X.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 8)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LDPBXNKN2

### Adds Brand Sentiment to Explore

Announced March 2026.

Entity-level sentiment for brands, products and spokespeople, powered by the Meltwater Knowledge Graph, across news and social.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 8)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LE04HKS2T

### Adds Topics-based Facebook and Instagram collection in Explore

Announced March 2026.

Explore collects content from public Meta Pages and creators by topic, without tracking specific accounts.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 8)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LQ6QRVYAM

### Lets the Klear Chrome Extension save live Instagram Stories

Announced March 2026.

Users save live Instagram Stories to campaigns while browsing, even without brand tags or authenticated influencers.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 8)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LY1PRM52Y

### AI Sorting in Content Stream

Available March 2026.

Natural-language sorting that reorders the content stream to put relevant articles first.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R318

### AI Relevance Assessment for Journalist Profiles

Available March 2026.

AI-generated Strong fit, Moderate fit or Mismatch label with a short reason on journalist profiles.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R319

### Create a Dashboard with Mira Companion

Available March 2026.

Mira Companion builds a Unified Dashboard from a question or prompt.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R320

### AI Summary for the Most Frequent Topics widget

Available March 2026.

AI-generated plain-language summary on the Most Frequent Topics dashboard widget.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R321

### Mira Studio Agents for Roundups, Briefings, and Coverage Reports

Available March 2026.

Purpose-built Mira agents that generate industry roundups, news briefings and coverage reports.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [AI agents](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R348

### Extends Reach and Earned Media Value to blogs, forums, podcasts and social

Announced February 2026.

Standardized Reach, Estimated Views and EMV metrics now cover more content sources.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 9)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/9).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L0AX2GBCW

### Adds prompt-level geography and labels in GenAI Lens

Announced February 2026.

Each prompt can target a country to compare AI answers by market, and labels group prompts by campaign or topic.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 8)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L0C066KN2

### Adds chart drill-downs to AI answers in GenAI Lens

Announced February 2026.

Clicking a chart data point shows which AI models mentioned the topic and the full AI responses.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 9)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/9).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L2GYRYEVP

### Adds scheduled PDF and PowerPoint sharing for Unified Dashboards

Announced February 2026.

Analyze dashboards can be sent automatically as PDF or PowerPoint reports to chosen recipients on a schedule.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 10)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/10).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LDWZCTK6A

### Adds multilingual AI Discovery in Klear

Announced February 2026.

Influencer searches can be written in the user's language, with results, summaries and AI reasoning returned in that language.

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 9)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/9).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LV5SFKQFG

### AI-Generated Overviews for Automated Newsletters

Available February 2026.

Automated newsletters can include AI-written overviews that summarize media coverage.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R298

### Influencer Marketing AI Assistant (Klear)

Available February 2026.

Klear AI Assistant drafts campaign briefs, finds creators, drafts outreach and summarizes performance.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/8).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R299

### Influencer Discovery AI Assistant (Klear)

Available February 2026.

Describe a campaign in plain language and get guided questions and creator recommendations.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/9).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R300

### Adds AI Sort for newsletter curation

Announced January 2026.

AI orders articles by relevance while users build newsletters.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 10)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/10).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L1K8ECRW4

### Adds sentiment analysis to GenAI Lens

Announced January 2026.

GenAI Lens classifies how AI-generated answers frame a brand, positive or negative.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 10)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/10).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LCCXPXDNH

### Adds brand and competitor setup to GenAI Lens analysis

Announced January 2026.

Users add their own brand and competitors to GenAI Lens benchmarking even when they do not surface in top results.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 10)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/10).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LP85N6N25

### Adds instant journalist contact lookup in Media Relations

Announced January 2026.

Users find missing journalist contact details without leaving the pitching workflow.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 10)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/10).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LX5SSR8RE

### Shows journalists' social posts in Unified Profiles

Announced December 2025.

Journalist and source profiles switch between All, News and Social content to review recent work before outreach.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 11)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L4J9Q4B3H

### Adds a Coverage Report template to Unified Dashboards

Announced December 2025.

A template in the dashboard library builds a ready-made media coverage report.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 11)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L5W3NSZG4

### Adds Benchmarking and scoring across AI models in GenAI Lens

Announced December 2025.

A Benchmarking view scores how a brand and key entities appear across multiple AI models.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 11)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LGD1KVJ68

### Turns on Spike and Sentiment Shift alerts automatically for most-viewed searches

Announced December 2025.

Users receive spike and sentiment-shift alerts for the searches they view most, with no setup.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 11)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LSN7HFFTJ

### Launches the Meltwater Agent in Microsoft Copilot and Office apps

Announced November 2025.

Users ask Meltwater questions and pull insights inside Copilot Chat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.

Features: [Plugin](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-plugin), [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors), [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L1PWFRZDT

### Adds Chrome Extension clipping to newsletters

Announced November 2025.

The Meltwater Chrome Extension adds articles to newsletters while browsing, and templates and content selection sit on one page.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-L2K47GGS5

### Lets users investigate alerts in Mira Studio, with AI subject lines

Announced November 2025.

Alerts open in Mira Studio to explain drivers and outlets, show spike history charts, and Sentiment Shift alerts get AI-written subject lines.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 13)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/13).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LHT9R1CJH

### Adds file uploads to the Meltwater Agent in Microsoft Teams

Announced November 2025.

The agent grounds its answers in uploaded PDFs, decks, spreadsheets and images.

Features: [Plugin](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-plugin).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LK4W4XYHX

### Adds a Podcaster role filter to Media Relations search

Announced November 2025.

Search can be filtered to podcast hosts.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Podcast, speaking and award slots](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-podcasts-and-awards).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LNF6DH62H

### Adds a media list health panel to the Media Relations homepage

Announced November 2025.

A dashboard flags engaged, unengaged and unsubscribed contacts across media lists.

Features: [PR CRM](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 13)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/13).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LV8K7XG3E

### Adds scheduled campaign reports in Klear

Announced November 2025.

Single or combined influencer campaign reports go out automatically weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LX3FJBQ53

### Adds Projects to the Meltwater Agent for Microsoft Teams and Copilot

Announced November 2025.

Saved campaign, brand or client context is applied automatically to every prompt in Teams and Copilot.

Features: [Plugin](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-plugin).

Source: [Meltwater product updates (page 12)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-LZTBGMT4X

### AI-Suggested Contacts in Outreach

Available November 2025.

Shows AI-recommended journalists while the user writes a pitch in Outreach.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R246

### AI-Generated Summaries in GenAI Lens

Available November 2025.

Summaries that interpret trends and shifts in GenAI Lens data and update with prompts and filters.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R247

### Sources & Journalists view in GenAI Lens

Available November 2025.

Shows which reporters and outlets most influence AI-generated answers on a topic.

Features: [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/11).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R248

### AI-Enhanced Brand Safety in Klear

Available November 2025.

Klear brand safety now uses AI analysis of how influencers talk about topics, not only keywords.

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/12).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R249

### Mira Projects and Mira Canvas

Available Oct. 22, 2025.

Saved project context and a canvas workspace for Mira, Meltwater's AI teammate, to personalize insights and edit responses.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-2025-year-end-product-release-delivers-smarter-media-intelligence-with-new-ai-innovations).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R241

### Klear AI influencer discovery (natural language search)

Available Oct. 22, 2025.

Klear AI enhancements for finding influencers with natural language search.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-2025-year-end-product-release-delivers-smarter-media-intelligence-with-new-ai-innovations).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R242

### Klear AI outreach (personalized on-brand outreach)

Available Oct. 22, 2025.

AI-drafted influencer outreach tailored to each campaign and influencer.

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-2025-year-end-product-release-delivers-smarter-media-intelligence-with-new-ai-innovations).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R243

### Unified Dashboards (earned, owned and paid media in one view)

Available October 2025.

Meltwater launched Unified Dashboards, which join earned, owned and paid media in one view with report templates and widgets.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater (Product Updates, Oct 2025 entry)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/14).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N128

### Predictive Analytics (forecast in the Mentions Trend widget)

Available October 2025.

Meltwater added a forecast of mention volume for the next two days to its Mentions Trend widget.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater (Product Updates, Oct 2025 entry)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/13).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N129

### AI-Powered Bios

Available October 2025.

Journalist profiles carry short AI-generated bios covering role, outlet, topics and typical angles.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database).

Source: [Meltwater product updates](https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates/page/13).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R233

### GenAI Lens

Available July 29, 2025.

Monitors how brands, competitors and industries appear in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and DeepSeek answers, with cited sources.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking), [AI-cited sources](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-debuts-industry-first-genai-lens).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R193

### Mira

Announced May 6, 2025.

Chat-based AI teammate combining AI agents and GenAI for media briefs, brand monitoring, competitive intelligence and reports.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [AI agents](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-unveils-mira-latest-ai-innovations-in-2025).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R160

### Meltwater 2024 Year-End Product Release

Available Oct. 29, 2024.

Meltwater shipped an AI-Powered Platform Assistant, Brand Analytics Tabs for automated brand insights, and AI Journalist Search for media pitching.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-delivers-ai-powered-innovations-in-its-2024-year-end-product-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E216

### AI-Powered Platform Assistant

Available Oct. 29, 2024.

In-platform assistant that answers how-to questions and completes common tasks across the Meltwater platform.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-delivers-ai-powered-innovations-in-its-2024-year-end-product-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R119

### AI Journalist Search

Available Oct. 29, 2024.

Search that analyzes the meaning of a story and recommends best-fit journalists, beyond name or keyword search.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-delivers-ai-powered-innovations-in-its-2024-year-end-product-release).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R120

### Meltwater Copilot

Available June 25, 2024. In beta.

Conversational assistant in Microsoft Teams and Copilot for Microsoft 365 (limited release; generally available May 2025) surfacing brand mentions, sentiment and competitive benchmarking.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant), [Plugin](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-plugin).

[In the skills library](https://www.newsprint.com/skills/#launch-R109).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-unveils-new-meltwater-copilot-built-in-collaboration-with-microsoft).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R109

### Relaunched Media Relations and PR Insight Reports (Winter Release)

Available Oct. 19, 2023.

Meltwater relaunched its Media Relations product and shipped automated PR Insight Reports on coverage, shifts and brand perception.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 19 Oct 2023)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-winter-product-release-delivers-greater-impact-and-continuous-rollout-of-generative-ai).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N127

### Taken private by Marlin Equity and Altor

Announced Aug. 9, 2023.

MW Investment B.V. (Marlin Equity Partners and Altor) completed its acquisition of Meltwater, which delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/mw-investment-completes-private-acquisition).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E159

### Meltwater announces new AI-powered assistants

Available June 21, 2023.

Meltwater launched PR Assistant (drafts press releases and journalist pitches), AI Writing Assistant with DALL-E, content summarization and Spike Analysis.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E154

### PR Assistant (AI Press Release Generator)

Announced June 21, 2023.

Generative-AI PR Assistant drafts press releases and personalized journalist pitches from prompts.

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing), [Press release and content writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-release-writing).

Source: [Meltwater blog](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R066

### DALL-E Integration (Writing Assistant images)

Announced June 21, 2023.

Adds DALL-E-generated royalty-free images to posts drafted in the AI Writing Assistant.

Features: [Press release and content writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-release-writing).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R067

### Content Summarization

Announced June 21, 2023.

Automatically groups thousands of news articles and social shares into a handful of key themes.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R068

### Spike Analysis

Announced June 21, 2023.

Automatically surfaces the reasoning behind spikes in brand or topic mention volume.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R069

### Visual Search (influencer search)

Announced June 21, 2023.

Finds influencers/creators by searching for visual elements within their content.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-ai-powered-assistants-summaries-analysis-at-meltwater-summit).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R070

### Meltwater delivers AI engine and ChatGPT integration

Available May 22, 2023.

Meltwater launched AI Writing Assistant (OpenAI GPT), a Discovery AI-Based Insight Assistant, and AI video analysis for social content.

Source: [GlobeNewswire / Meltwater press release](https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/05/22/2673439/0/en/Meltwater-delivers-the-future-of-media-social-and-consumer-intelligence-through-its-industry-leading-AI-engine-and-ChatGPT-integration.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E151

### AI Writing Assistant

Announced May 22, 2023.

Drafts social media post copy using OpenAI's GPT model to speed up content creation.

Features: [Press release and content writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-release-writing).

Source: [GlobeNewswire (mirrored via The Canadian Press)](https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/globenewswire_press_releases/meltwater-delivers-the-future-of-media-social-and-consumer-intelligence-through-its-industry-leading-ai/article_8e0811bd-d670-58b0-99ae-d383833faabf.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R062

### Video Analysis

Announced May 22, 2023.

Uses computer vision to identify logos, celebrities, scenes and objects inside social video content.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [GlobeNewswire (mirrored via The Canadian Press)](https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/globenewswire_press_releases/meltwater-delivers-the-future-of-media-social-and-consumer-intelligence-through-its-industry-leading-ai/article_8e0811bd-d670-58b0-99ae-d383833faabf.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R063

### Discovery Insight Assistant (beta)

Available Feb. 1, 2023. In beta.

AI insight assistant (beta) in the Radarly/consumer-insights product, auto-running proprietary algorithms on datasets to surface consumer/market trends analysts might miss.

Features: [Trend detection](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection).

Source: [Meltwater blog](https://www.meltwater.com/en/blog/introducing-discovery-ai-assistant).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R050

### Visual Listening

Announced Sept. 13, 2022.

In-house computer-vision model classifies images across platforms to detect logos, celebrities, memes and emotions.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-announces-ai-powered-visual-listening-and-company-search).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R046

### Meltwater acquires business information company Owler

Announced June 18, 2021.

Meltwater acquired business information company Owler for $18.9 million cash plus $5.6 million in Meltwater equity.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-business-information-company-owler).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E102

### Meltwater announces agreement to acquire Klear

Announced April 14, 2021.

Meltwater agreed to acquire social influencer marketing company Klear for $17.8 million.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-agreement-to-acquire-klear).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E100

### Meltwater announces agreement to acquire Linkfluence

Announced March 16, 2021.

Meltwater agreed to acquire French social-media-intelligence company Linkfluence for EUR 50 million.

Source: [GlobeNewswire / Meltwater press release](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/03/16/2193285/0/en/meltwater-announces-agreement-to-acquire-leading-social-media-intelligence-company-linkfluence-for-50-million-euro-in-a-combination-of-cash-equity-and-earn-out.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E099

### Meltwater lists on Euronext Growth Oslo

Announced Dec. 3, 2020.

IPO raising NOK 3.48bn; admitted to trading on Euronext Growth Oslo under ticker MWTR.

Source: [Euronext press release](https://www.euronext.com/en/about/media/euronext-press-releases/meltwater-admitted-trading-euronext-growth).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E090

### Signals (AI real-time notifications)

Available May 19, 2020.

Meltwater launched Signals, real-time notifications on significant news about chosen companies, powered by artificial intelligence.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 19 May 2020)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-new-product-updates-and-a-new-corporate-website).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N126

### Podcast monitoring

Available Feb. 20, 2020.

Meltwater added monitoring of 25,000 podcasts, with keyword tracking and sentiment of each mention.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 20 Feb 2020)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-podcast-monitoring-integration).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N125

### Fjord release: Explore, Projects, Digital Marketing Insights, earned media scoring

Available Oct. 21, 2019.

Meltwater shipped an all-in-one suite release with a new search and analytics experience (Explore), a campaign workspace (Projects) and earned media scoring and benchmarking.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 21 Oct 2019)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-announces-integrated-product-suite-to-enable-collaboration-across-departments).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N124

### Meltwater launches Fairhair.ai

Available Aug. 14, 2018.

Meltwater launched Fairhair.ai, an open data science platform for knowledge graphs, pre-trained AI models and market insights.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-launches-data-science-platform-fairhair-ai).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E061

### Meltwater Acquires Sysomos

Announced April 24, 2018.

Meltwater acquired social analytics company Sysomos to unify media intelligence and social analytics.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/about/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-sysomos).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E060

### Meltwater Acquires DataSift

Announced March 19, 2018.

Meltwater acquired privacy-by-design social data platform DataSift to strengthen its AI-driven analytics.

Source: [Meltwater press release](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-acquires-datasift).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E059

### Executive Alerts

Available March 2017.

Meltwater launched Executive Alerts, which uses machine learning to find anomalies in media and social data and sends executives five to ten alerts a day.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Arabian Marketer (6 Mar 2017)](https://arabianmarketer.ae/?p=14150).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N123

### Marketwired news distribution partnership

Available Nov. 9, 2015.

Meltwater customers gained distribution through the Marketwired newswire network, with release analytics.

Features: [Distribution and newsroom](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-distribution-and-newsroom).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 9 Nov 2015)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-partners-with-marketwired-to-deliver-enhanced-news-distribution-solutions).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N122

### Next generation Meltwater media intelligence platform

Available March 16, 2015.

Meltwater launched a rebuilt platform with real-time dashboards and analytics for communications teams.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Meltwater (press release, 16 Mar 2015)](https://www.meltwater.com/en/press-releases/meltwater-launches-next-generation-media-intelligence-solution).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N121

### Meltwater Buzz Engage

Available June 15, 2011.

Meltwater launched Buzz Engage, a social media tool that profiles and scores people discussing a brand and lets teams reply to them.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [TechCrunch (15 Jun 2011)](https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/meltwater-debuts-social-media-monitoring-platform-buzz-engage/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N119

### Meltwater Press

Available May 10, 2010.

Meltwater launched Meltwater Press, a web database that finds media contacts by topic using natural language processing, with a tool to send releases and pitches.

Features: [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database), [Sending and follow-up](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-sending-and-follow-up), [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Business Wire via CNBC (10 May 2010)](https://www.cnbc.com/2010/05/09/meltwater-group-launches-new-service-for-media-outreach-next-generation-media-contact-database-meltwater-press-uses-novel-natural-language-processingtechnology-to-help-identify-and-reach-out-to-the-ri.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N118

### Meltwater Buzz

Available April 1, 2010.

Meltwater launched Buzz, a social media monitoring product covering blogs, social networks, Twitter and forums.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Murray Newlands (review, published 1 Apr 2010)](https://www.murraynewlands.com/2010/04/meltwater-buzz-social-media-monitoring-solution-review-by-mike-anderson/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-N117

### Machine-learning sentiment analysis models

Available 2009.

Meltwater deployed its first sentiment-analysis models, which score monitored news and social coverage, in 2009.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Meltwater Engineering blog (Deep learning models for sentiment analysis, 2019-08-22)](https://underthehood.meltwater.com/blog/2019/08/22/deep-learning-models-for-sentiment-analysis/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-R029

### Rebranded as Meltwater News

Announced 2005.

Company relocated headquarters to San Francisco and renamed itself Meltwater News.

Source: [Wikipedia: Meltwater (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater_(company)).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E004

### Founded as Magenta News

Announced 2001.

Jørn Lyseggen and Gard Haugen founded the company in Oslo, Norway, as Magenta News, a news-clipping/media monitoring service.

Source: [Wikipedia: Meltwater (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater_(company)).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/meltwater/#launch-E002

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology