Platform

Everything your PR team needs. In one workspace.

An AI media CRM, a team of research agents, and the tools to turn intelligence into coverage — all connected by a shared context layer.

01 · AI Media CRM

Your relationships. Finally, a database that earns its keep.

A living record of every journalist you've touched — and a research engine that finds the ones you haven't.

Barista Media CRM overview with enriched contact list

Auto-enriched, always current

Beat, outlet, and contact details verified and refreshed continuously.

Your full relationship history

Every interaction, pitch, and placement logged. See where you stand and where you left off.

Coverage trend intelligence

Track what each journalist covers, spot beat shifts, and time your pitch.

The full media landscape

Journalists, podcasters, bloggers, influencers — not just legacy press databases.

02 · Research Agents

A growing team of PR specialists.

Autonomous agents that handle specific PR workflows — and we're adding new teammates regularly.

Find new contacts

Discovers journalists, podcasters, and influencers covering your space based on their recent output — not a static database lookup.

Agent output: new contact recommendations

Research contacts

Deep-dives on individual journalists — recent coverage, recurring themes, preferred angles, and outlet history.

Agent output: enriched contact profile

Client, category & competitor research

Maps the competitive landscape, category narratives, and recent news — the foundation for every pitch strategy.

Agent output: competitive landscape map

Coverage analysis

Analyzes coverage across all media types — trade press, podcasts, newsletters, social — to spot patterns and gaps.

Agent output: coverage pattern analysis

White space & newsjacking

Monitors breaking news and coverage trends to surface timely pitch opportunities your competitors are missing.

Agent output: timely pitch opportunities
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Awards & events

Find relevant award submissions, speaking opportunities, and industry events — with deadline tracking.

03 · Connected Workflow

Barista shows up where your team works.

Intelligence that doesn't sit in a tab. Draft content with full context, get daily ideas in Slack, and connect the tools you already use.

Barista content studio drafting with full client context

Content studio

Draft pitches, press releases, and briefing docs with full client context — not generic AI copy.

Daily pitch ideas delivered to Slack and email every morning

Daily ideas to your inbox

Pitch angles and coverage opportunities delivered to Slack or email every morning — before your first coffee.

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Connected to your tools

Gmail, Slack, Google Workspace — Barista pulls context from the tools you already use and pushes insights back.

04 · The Context Layer

The context layer for PR.

Great PR instinct used to live in people's heads. Barista makes it institutional — by connecting every data source your agency touches into one continuously learning layer.

Media intelligence

The full spectrum of where audiences live — not just traditional news outlets.

Trade pressPodcastsNewslettersYouTubeSocialIndustry blogs

Client context

Everything you know about your clients — stored once, used everywhere.

Brand voiceMessagingSpokespeoplePast placementsNarratives

Agency context

Your agency's institutional knowledge — connected to the tools your team already works in.

Google WorkspaceSlackHubSpotNotion

Media CRM

Your relationship history with every contact — always current.

Pitch historyPlacementsCoverage trendsBeat preferences

Barista synthesizes across all four →

“Who should we pitch the Acme funding story to?”

05 · MCP

Barista, wherever you already work.

Your full intelligence layer — news, contacts, clients, relationships — inside any AI tool that supports MCP.

Ask

Use Barista context inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP host.

Ask about clients, pull news angles, find contacts — without leaving the AI tools you already use.

ClaudeChatGPTAny MCP host

Automate

Trigger workflows from inside your own tooling.

News alert fires, briefing drafts itself, media list builds overnight. Your agents, Barista's context.

Claude CodeCustom agentsCI/CD

Ready to run a smarter PR practice?

Join the PR teams using Barista to move faster, pitch sharper, and land more coverage.