I tested Content Villain through some of their tools. I will say I absolutely love their YouTube tools, the output were outstanding, but the longform blog content tool were a bit buggy, and there were some overall UX elements I wasn't the biggest fan of.
I definitely like that automation is a high priority for Stuart and the team behind, this will make it possible to really automate content generation in the future.
The idea of Middleman first sounded strange to me, but after watching some information about it I cam to like the idea. I really find it inspiring how innovative Content Villain think and do in order to go around boundaries. A huge applause to the team.
If you want to watch my entire review, you can do it right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8bLgwiSICo