Spotify has gained Podz, a startup whose technology produces review clips of podcasts, the streaming service has declared. Dissimilar to different services podcasters can use to manually create clips, TechCrunch says Podz automates the process of discovering key minutes from episodes utilizing AI prepared on more than 100,000 hours of audio.
The acquisition is aimed at improving podcast discovery, allowing clients browse short clips as opposed to 30-minute plus podcast episodes.
Spotify says this will make it “easier for listeners to find the content they want to listen to, and for creators to be discovered and build a fan base.” Podz reveals to TechCrunch that clients on its platform regularly follow up to 30 podcasts, up from a average of seven.
The acquisition follows Spotify’s subscription podcasting declaration, in which it would permit select partners to charge for admittance to their content. Despite the fact that Spotify isn’t anticipating taking its 5% cut of subscription revenue until 2023, ultimately it’ll have a direct financial incentive to urge its audience members to discover and subscribe in to whatever number podcasts as possible. Particularly since it’s currently rivaling Apple Podcasts’ own in-application subscriptions, which launched for the current week.
Spotify says it plans to integrate Podz’ innovation into its platform, and that a portion of the results ought to be visible before the year’s end.