---
title: "AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour \"live\" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-startup-mirage-streamed-a-24-hour-live-ai-news-show-on-x-on-august-78d3f046
published: 2026-09-01T03:10:03.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost \~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-01 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-startup-mirage-streamed-a-24-hour-live-ai-news-show-on-x-on-august-78d3f046

Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media : AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost \~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse — Inside the good, the bad, and the ugly of a 24-hour live AI broadcast experiment by video startup Mirage.

In this story: [Alex Konrad](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/alex-konrad), [Upstarts Media](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/upstarts-media)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260831/p44#a260831p44)

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