Jun 13, 2022

Share Raises undisclosed seed round from Jason’s Calacanis’ LAUNCH, The Syndicate, Seraph Group, Textline CEO Alan Braverman, and others Paul Bloch and Ken Miller, co-founders of Fathom.fm, are announcing the closing of their Seed round of financing and the launch of the Fathom podcast player on the Apple App Store. Fathom is a first-of-its-kind podcast streaming platform that uses AI to comprehend entire podcasts. This means that users can ask natural language questions (via search) and get actual answers in the form of 30-second podcast highlights, as if podcasters and their guests were answering them. Jason Calacanis called Fathom “the future of podcast search.” Fathom also utilizes the latest advancements in AI algorithms to provide remarkable, nuanced podcast episode recommendations. Since Fathom actually understands the concepts that are being discussed within a podcast, it’s able to recommend podcasts that are uniquely and deeply relevant to the listener. “Now that we’ve secured this round of financing we’re ready to continue the next phase of our development and create some great products. We have a lot of amazing AI-first features on the way that will transform the way people engage with podcasts,” Paul Bloch, co-founder and Chief Design Officer says. “Fathom started as an AI-powered search engine for podcasts and we’re really thrilled to see it evolve into a complete podcast listening experience that will surpass anything available today. We’re excited about the support and enthusiasm we’ve seen from users and investors, and are ready for the future.” With Fathom, you can: Discover new podcasts based on the actual ideas discussed inside the podcasts you already love. Listen to podcast highlights showcasing what’s most interesting in an episode, based on your interests. …and of course, follow and save episodes like you would any other major podcast player. PR Newswire, a Cision company, is the premier global provider of multimedia platforms and distribution that marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor relations officers leverage to engage key audiences. Having pioneered the commercial news distribution industry over 60 years ago, PR Newswire today provides end-to- end solutions to produce, optimize and target content -- and then distribute and measure results. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire powers the stories of organizations around the world. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. Prev Post