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Poddle
Poddle is a loyalty club system founded in 2024 in London, England. The company offers customer loyalty programs, marketing solutions, and data collection...
Poddle
Poddle is a loyalty club system founded in 2024 in London, England. The company offers customer loyalty programs, marketing solutions, and data collection tools for retail, café, and salon businesses. Poddle's tools are customizable and do not require technical skills or a marketing team.
General information
Firm type
other
Year founded
2022
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
San Francisco
Corporate office
San Francisco, CA, United States
Principals
Ananth Veluvali
Co-Founder & CEO
Karthik Veluvali
Co-Founder & CTO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How is Poddle's podcast search different from searching in Spotify or Apple Podcasts?
Spotify and Apple Podcasts index show titles, episode names, and written descriptions. Poddle transcribes and indexes the full spoken content of episodes, meaning a user can search for a specific phrase or topic and jump to the exact timestamp where it was discussed — not just find a show that might have covered the subject.
Who runs product and technology decisions at Poddle?
Ananth Veluvali, the CEO, leads product direction, while Karthik Veluvali, the CTO, oversees the underlying speech-to-text, diarization, and semantic indexing technology. Both are co-founders and have been with the company since its 2022 launch in San Francisco.
Which podcast platforms or networks does Poddle have content licensing agreements with?
Poddle has not publicly disclosed its content licensing arrangements. The company indexes podcasts via RSS feeds, a distribution method that many shows use to make their content publicly available. Specific commercial agreements with major networks like iHeart, Spotify-owned studios, or Wondery have not been reported.
Does Poddle offer enterprise API access for other companies to build podcast search into their own products?
Yes. In addition to its direct-to-consumer web search, Poddle provides API access for enterprise clients. These clients — typically audio platforms, media companies, or content tools — integrate Poddle's time-coded search results into their own discovery features.
What is Poddle's business model?
Poddle operates a dual model: free direct-to-consumer podcast search on the web, and paid API access for enterprise clients integrating audio search into their own platforms. The company also launched creator-facing tools in 2024, including AI-generated video clips for sharing on social media, which may represent an additional revenue path over time.
How much venture funding has Poddle raised?
Poddle has not publicly disclosed its total capital raised or a funding round led by a named venture firm. The company is early-stage, founded in 2022, and its funding history has not been reported in the business press or through regulatory filings.
What languages does Poddle index?
Poddle's public search product focuses on English-language podcasts. The company has not disclosed plans for multilingual indexing, though the underlying speech-to-text and semantic search technology would be extensible to other languages with additional model training.
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