AI-Powered City Media

One person. One city. Infinite coverage.

I Love Toronto is built by one editor using AI to cover more ground than a traditional newsroom ever could. Here's exactly how it works — no mystery, no hype.

The Thesis

City media is broken. AI can fix it.

Toronto's media landscape is a mess. blogTO runs SEO-farmed listicles. Toronto Life publishes once a month. The local TV stations cover crime and weather. Nobody is doing what cities actually need: a fast, opinionated, useful daily guide to what's happening, where to go, and what matters.

The problem was always economics. A traditional media company needs writers, editors, photographers, a sales team — tens of thousands per month in overhead before a single article ships. That's why city media keeps dying.

AI changes the math. One person with the right AI stack can research, draft, fact-check, and publish at a pace that used to require a team of ten. The editorial voice, the opinions, the "this place is mid" energy — that's human. Everything else is accelerated.

How We Actually Use AI

What AI does here (and what it doesn't)

Transparency matters. Here's the split:

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AI Does
Research and data gathering. Event scraping and scheduling. First-draft generation. Market data analysis. Photo sourcing. SEO optimization. Newsletter formatting. Interactive tools and recommendations.
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Human Does
Every editorial opinion. Neighbourhood knowledge. Restaurant recommendations (we actually go). Voice, tone, and personality. Story selection. What makes the cut and what doesn't. The "this is good" and "this is mid" calls.
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Together
Articles go from idea to published in hours, not days. The events page tracks 100+ listings and updates constantly. Neighbourhood guides pull from real data. The AI concierge gives personalized recommendations in real time.

"The future of city media isn't bigger newsrooms. It's smarter tools in the hands of people who actually know the city."

— Greg, Founder
The Stack

What we're built on

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Claude (Anthropic)
The core AI engine. Powers research, writing assistance, the interactive concierge, and content analysis. Every article is AI-assisted, human-edited.
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Real-Time Data
Event scraping, venue monitoring, and social listening to catch what's happening before anyone else publishes it.
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Static Site + Edge
Deployed on Netlify. No CMS bloat, no WordPress lag. Pages load instantly. The whole site is under 50KB.
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Newsletter
Weekly "Toronto Drop" newsletter. AI helps curate, human writes the voice. Free, useful, not annoying.
Why This Matters

This is a proof of concept for every city

If one person can build a better city media brand than a 50-person newsroom using AI, that's not a Toronto story — it's a blueprint. Every city in the world needs this: fast, opinionated, useful local media that doesn't depend on ad-driven SEO garbage to survive.

Toronto is first because it's home. But the model works anywhere.

Want to talk about this? Reach out. We're open to collaborations, sponsorships, and conversations about the future of local media. This is just the beginning.