A year ago, turning my newsletter into a podcast, video, and infographic would have taken a team. Now it takes five minutes.
NotebookLM just added infographics and slides to its output options. I already use it to create the AI podcast and video explainer versions of my newsletters. Now I can also generate infographics for the cover image and slides if I need them.
I fed it my year-end newsletter (pdf), asked it to focus on the 3 key learnings in 2025 and priorities for 2026, shared my brand colors, and told it to include a small citation with my website at the bottom.
It generated several infographic options (see below). They’re all visually striking. But I went with the first one because it captured the:
fluid connection between 2025 and 2026 and
best insights from each year clearly.
The core asset is still the hard part. The thinking, the structure, the story. That takes the most brainpower and time, even when collaborating with AI. In fact, I found that working with AI on strategy oftentimes takes longer because I’m uncovering more insights, exploring different angles, and iterating more than I would alone. It takes longer but the results are better.
But once you have that core asset, AI helps you reach people in whatever format works best for them.
The AI handles the formats. You bring the thinking.
Full newsletter (in various formats) in comments if you missed it.
Curious: Which design would you have picked? 1, 2, or 3?