Ten years of Convit. A good moment to look back — and ahead. What started as a Fraunhofer spin-off has evolved into a growing SaaS company supporting media organizations and content teams.
From Research to a SaaS Platform
Convit was founded in 2015 as a spin-off from Fraunhofer IAIS. The initial focus was on data-driven solutions across various industries. At the core was AI-powered software that turned unstructured information into actionable data — helping organizations unlock and use complex data landscapes.
In 2022, Convit made a clear shift. Instead of developing custom projects for multiple industries, the company focused its technology on a single audience: the media sector. Editorial teams often have their data and content scattered across folders, fragmented tools and silos. This is exactly where the new direction began.
SaaS for media organizations
This step marked the beginning of Convit’s evolution into a SaaS platform. With Newsmind Stories and Newsmind Spectrum, the company developed solutions tailored to the needs of modern newsrooms. Machine learning and big data remain at the core, but the focus today is on efficient collaboration and AI-powered workflows.
Since then, Convit has been growing steadily — expanding its products, technology, team, customer base, and, this year, its office space.
Newsmind Stories today
Today, Newsmind Stories is much more than a shared data foundation that keeps everyone in the organization working with the latest content. The
What’s next for Convit?
Convit continues to grow and is steadily expanding Newsmind Stories as a platform designed to meet the evolving needs of increasingly complex and diverse content workflows. The focus is on new features that bring AI and editorial work even closer together — supporting story-centric teams in both media organizations and corporate newsrooms. From AI agents to seamless integrations with social media and other systems, and easy access for external editorial contributors.
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