5-person Australian Alpha

A weekday briefing of about six minutes, ranked by importance.

For product and technology knowledge workers in Australian technology and digital businesses. Cat Brief covers the most important international, economic, technology, business and social events — with the facts, why they matter, the strongest counterargument and what to watch next.

Apply for the 5-person Alpha

Two listens. One short conversation. Listen to one brief, share a 10-minute feedback conversation, then try a second brief within seven days.

Free early product test. No automatic paid plan. Applying does not guarantee selection.

Alpha application

Two listens. One 10-minute feedback conversation.

If selected, you'll receive one short audio brief, join a 10-minute feedback conversation and listen to a second brief within seven days. We are looking for people who will actually listen and give candid feedback.

The Alpha is free. There is no payment or automatic paid plan, and we will not send ongoing marketing without your permission. An application is not automatic selection.

AI-assisted editing and synthetic narration are disclosed. General information only — not financial, legal or other professional advice.

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1. Are you based in Australia?

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2. Do you work in a technology or digital business?

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3. Which best describes your role? Required4. How often do you follow international, economic, technology or business news? Required5. When would you most likely listen? Required

6. Could you listen to a second, newly produced brief within seven days and share feedback?

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7. Which final watchlist would be most useful? Required

Cat Brief is operated by You Zi Jia from China. We collect your email address and limited role, location, listening-context and preference answers to assess eligibility, select and freeze five Alpha participants after at least eight qualified applications, administer two listening sessions, attribute invited behaviour to an anonymous participant code, collect feedback and handle support or privacy requests. Applying does not guarantee selection. Selected participants may be linked privately to a code from CB-A01 to CB-A05; other participants see only that code.

The site and forms use OpenAI Sites and related hosting infrastructure. Operational email uses Forward Email and Gmail. These providers may process data outside Australia, including in the United States and other countries where their infrastructure or subprocessors operate. Cat Brief is operated from China. The Qwen voice service generates programme audio in Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's Beijing region from editorial text; Alpha application, email, listening, feedback and discussion personal data are not sent to Qwen for voice generation.

Read the Privacy notice for the fields collected, recipients, retention, access, correction, deletion and complaint process. You can withdraw from email at any time without charge.

The conditions for this free test are in the Alpha Terms. You may request access, correction or deletion at any time.

The Alpha is free. There is no payment, automatic paid plan or automatic selection.

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AI-assisted briefing. Research and production use AI assistance, and narration uses a synthetic voice. Editorial checks are applied, but errors can remain. Cat Brief is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or any company covered. Read the AI disclosure, check the source policy or report a correction.

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Privacy-first measurement

Only the minimum pilot funnel is recorded.

A random first-party session ID records page visits and listening milestones. It is not a device fingerprint and is not matched back to a named signup. Signup and feedback data are stored separately in the pilot database.

We do not use advertising pixels, cross-site cookies, precise location, keystroke recording or complete referrer URLs. Hosting infrastructure may process routine security request data. Read the full Privacy notice.