Particle, the AI-powered news aggregator created by a pair of Twitter alums, has launched after a year in beta. The iOS app summarizes current events in quick hits the startup says do not violate the copyrights of publishers whose news it shares. Instead of simply scraping publishers’ work for proprietary use, the startup seeks to compensate publishers and drive traffic to news sites with prominent links to sources accompanying each AI news summary. Developed by Sara Beykpour and Marcel Molina, Particle has raised more than $11 million in early funding led by Lightspeed.

The founding principle of Particle is a belief that AI can serve media outlets “by helping consumers make sense of the news and dig deeper into stories, while still finding a way to support the publishers’ businesses,” reports TechCrunch.

The company’s beta tests indicated that “readers are clicking through to publishers’ sites because of the app’s design and user interface, though that could shift now that the app is launching beyond news junkies to the general public.”

In time, the company intends to introduce other ways to work with the media. The team is also having discussions with publishers about providing its users access to paywalled content in a way that makes sense for all parties.

Particle “relies on AI to sift through the news, looking beyond headlines and across multiple platforms to create more comprehensive reports on current events and real-time answers to questions about the news,” writes TechRadar.

It offers customizable summaries called Stories, positioned as “a more holistic way to explain what’s happening in the world,” by letting users examine current events by tapping buttons that provide a specific entry point, according to TechRadar, which lists by way of example: “you can ask the app to simplify the news by telling it to ‘Explain Like I’m 5,’ or get the most concise, basic facts with the ‘5Ws’ format of who, what, when, where, and why.”

A broad range of opinions can be accessed by opening the ‘Opposite Sides’ feature for contrasting perspectives. TechRadar says the approach offers “clarity over clickbait.”

Particle’s early publishing partners include Reuters, AFP and Fortune who are hosting some of their content with the app via their APIs. “These partners receive better positioning and their links are highlighted in gold above others,” notes TechCrunch.