Podz turns podcasts into a personalized audio newsfeed

by RJ Shara | Feb 10, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups

Podz is the current start-up trying to resolve the problem of podcast discovery, with backing from financiers like M13, Katie Couric and Paris Hilton. “Despite the fact that podcasts have actually gotten a lot of momentum– there are 100 million folks in the U.S. who listen to podcasts– we still have not seen that crossover habits, where […] In the Podz mobile app, users browse what the startup calls an” the very first audio newsfeed,”consisting of 60-second podcast clips. These clips are created to highlight the best minute from each podcast, making it much easier to sample a much broader variety of titles than the ones you presently subscribe to. The Podz newsfeed is individualized to your interests (and, if you select, it can also draw on the podcasts you follow in Apple Podcasts and the accounts you follow on Twitter).”We are living in a golden age of audio, but only 1% of podcasts reach an audience of 5,000+,” M13 General Partner Latif Peracha told me in a declaration. …