>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO
BETTER SHAKERS OF PODCASTING.
SPOT BUT IT'S JUST ONE COMPANY
THAT SHELLED OUT HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS AND ACQUISITIONS INTO
PODCASTING BUT OF THE
700 1000 ACTIVE PODCAST OUT
THERE ONLY 15% ARE BEING
MONETIZED THIS ACCORDING CORN
WHICH IS A PLATFORM,
CONNECTING PODCASTERS TO
ADVERTISERS. AGNES BECAUSE
THERE IS THE CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
POPCORN GREAT TO HAVE YOU AT SO
YOU ARE TRYING TO BE THIS MATCH
THE ENGINE IN THIS MATCHING
ENGINE ARE LAUNCHING TODAY.
HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY.
>> THANK YOU FOR
ASKING, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SO INITIALLY
WE ARE ANALYZING THE RSS FEED
MEDITATE OF THE PODCAST SO
EVERYTHING EPISODE TITLE CALLS
A SHOW KNOWLES THAT
ON CASTERS ANEESH THEIR TOPICS
SURPASSED
GUESS AND WHIRLING THE CRITERIA
AND SO THAT'S OUR SECRET SAUCE
HOW WE WAY IT AND WE'RE MAKING
INITIAL MATCHES BASED ON
THAT BUT GOING TO BE DOING A
LOT OF LEARNING FROM DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES ON THE TOP FORM, HOW
BROADCASTERS ARE PRICING
THEMSELVES, HOW BRANDS
ARE HIRING. BUT THEY'RE HIRING
FOR WAS PERFORMING
BETTER FOR INTERVIEWS FOR SAYS
TOPICAL DISCUSSIONS VERSUS
PAYROLL OR MINERAL AND THEN
BASED ON NOT I'M GOING TO USE
THAT INFORMATION TO BUILD A
REALLY ROBUST SPONSORSHIP
PROFILES ON THE
PODCAST ERS AND I HAVE REALLY
GRATEFUL TO SPLIT OUT.
>> I JUST HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT
THAN A COMPANY LIKE MITT ARE
ALL FOR EXAMPLE.
>> YEAH, SO WE ARE A COMPLETELY
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
MARKETPLACE. IT'S WE ARE NOT
AN AGENCY SO FROM CASTRES GET A
PRICE THEMSELVES TO GET TO
BROWSE OPERATE 2 NITTIES WE
JUST
ARE BASICALLY THE MATCHMAKER
BUT PODCASTERS AND FRIENDS
COLLABORATE ON THEIR OWN ON THE
TYPES
OF CONTENT. WE ALSO FOCUS ON
BILLY NATIVE CONTENT CREATION
SO ANYTHING THAT'S ALL DURING
THE 2 TRADITIONAL AD
FORMATS SO THEY SAID IT COULD
BE HOST RED, BUT IT COULD BE
INTERVIEWS TOPICAL DISCUSSIONS
AROUND TABLES SCOTS AND SO ON.
>> ALL RIGHT THIS IS GRAY AND I
KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CITED
THIS FIGURE 15% OF THESE
PODCASTER ACTUALLY
BE MONETIZED ON THE PODCAST SO
THEY'RE STILL YOU KNOW OUT
THERE HOW MANY OF THEM ARE
ACTUALLY ACTIVE BECAUSE WE DO
HEAR THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE A
LAUNCH PAD CASTLE A
TIME BUT THE IDEA OF UPDATING
ON A REGULAR BASES, YOU KNOW
BECAUSE MANY OF THESE LAUNCHER
SORT OF SIDE HOBBY SORT OF ODD
CAST US SO WHAT IS THE REAL
SIZE OF THE ACTIVE ADD ACTIVE
PODCAST THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY
AND HIGHS OF THE 700,000.
>> YEAH, I MEAN RIGHT NOW
IT'S IT'S A VERY SMALL BECAUSE
THERE IS NOWHERE FOR PAR
CASTERS AND FRIENDS TO FIND
EACH OTHER BUT THE WHOLE
POINT OF SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS REALLY TRYING TO SHOW THE
VALUE OF ON CASTERS
IRRESPECTIVE OF
THEIR SIZE. SO IT'S MORE SMALL
FROM MY PREVIOUS COMPANY THAT
WE FOUND A THING THAT WHICH
CONNECTED YOUTUBE STARS TO
FRIENDS FOR ENDORSEMENTS WHO GO
WE SAW THAT CREATOR SIZE
DOESN'T EQUATE TO CONVERSIONS
AND THAT MEN SHOULD WORK WITH
PODCASTERS OF ALL SIZES AND IN
THIS
INSTANCE, SO WE REALLY WANT TO
PROVIDE A WAY TO
SHOWCASE FACE ON ME TOPICS
ARTICLE AND OTHER FACTORS RIGHT
NOW MAJORITY
OF THE CONTENT THAT SPOT
CASTERS ARE ABLE TO DO FOR
BRANDS IS REALLY TRADITIONAL
ADVERTISING THAT IS VERY
IMPRESSION BASED AND DOESN'T
THAT I'M BUYING MODEL IS KIND
OF BROKEN AND WE'RE PUTTING THE
POWER IN THE PODCAST
OR SENSE.
>> AGNES WE LAST HAD YOU ON
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO BACK IN
AUGUST AFTER 2 POINTS MILLION
DOLLAR RAISE TREES WHERE THE
CAPITAL IS GONE IF YOU'RE
ALREADY LOOKING TO RAISE MORE
FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FUNDING.
>> YEAH, I MEAN RIGHT NOW OUR
FOCUS IS REALLY ON GOLDEN
LIQUID HE WITHIN THE
MARKETPLACE, PROVIDING AS MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO PODCASTERS
ALSO YOU KNOW LEARNING FROM THE
NEXT CITY THAT
ON THE PLATFORM EDUCATING THE
MARKET BUILDING A LOT OF KEY
STUDIES WITH OUR INITIAL
PARTNERS. THERE'S A TON OF
FROM INVESTORS FOR US TO RAISE
ON A ROUND RIGHT NOW WE'RE
REALLY FOCUSING ON JUST
BUILDING A LOT OF VALUE THAT'S
ARE KEY FOCUS. THAT'S.
>> GRAY AND I KNOW THAT OF
COURSE THERE ARE LOTS OF
MOVEMENTS RIGHT NOW WE TALKED
SPOTIFY'S INVESTING MORE IN
THIS HOUR BULL PUTTING
PODCAST SORT OF FRONT AND
CENTER ON ON SOME OF THEIR APPS
AS WELL AND PROMOTING IS THEIR
WAY THAT PODCASTERS CAN
REALLY RISE UP FROM THE REST
YOU NOW WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT LINES OUT THERE FOR
FOLKS TO
AND FOR FOR YOU KNOW TRYING TO
MATCH THE SUCCESSFUL ONES THAT
ADVERTISERS WERE WILLING TO PAY
FOR THAT RIGHT.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S
THAT'S REALLY THE EXCITING
THING IS UP PODCASTING
WE SEE IT HAS NOT ONLY THE NEXT
TO CREATIVE MEDIUM BUT REALLY
TAKING INTIMACY TO A HOME
OTHER LEVEL IN TERMS OF
VERTICAL VARIETY, IT'S A LOT
BROADER THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY
FROM THE CRATER STANDPOINT ARE
EASIER SEE HAVE A LOT MORE
EXPERTS IN
DIFFERENT TOPICS, IT'S
INCLUSIVE OF A LOT MORE
ADVERTISERS SO FROM THAT
THEIRS WE SEE A LOT MORE APP
WHICH OPPORTUNITIES COMING
THROUGH TO PODCASTERS EVEN ARE
YOU KNOW INITIAL FRIEND
OUTREACH WE'VE SEEN
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST
AND EVEN WAY HIGHER THAN WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
VIDEO. SO I THINK YOU
KNOW ONCE PODCASTERS ARE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY LIKE WITH PALM
PRINT ACTUALLY PITCHED
THEMSELVES AND COACH THEIR IDEA
FRANCE
FRIENDS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
THEIR VALUE AND ALSO BEING ABLE
TO HAVE ACT THIS TO THE
DISCOVERY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
RENTS HAVE BEEN GOING TO A LOT
OF NETWORKS WHO ARE CLOSED OFF
HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
INVENTORY WORDS WERE REALLY
OPENED ME UP YES,
EVERYONE BASICALLY LIKE ALL
SHAPES AND SIZES.
>> I JUST KNOW THAT YOU YOUR
PARTNER WE STARTED THIS WITH SO
DEARLY START
UP TO OUR GOOGLE A FEW YEARS
AGO WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY BE
THE COMPANY THAT ACQUIRES A
>> YEAH, I MEAN I DON'T
KNOW THAT'S A GREAT I THINK TO
BE HONEST, YOU KNOW
GREAT COMPANIES SOLD THEIR
FIGHT YOU BRING A LOT OF VALUE
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSING ON
THAT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO
FOCUS ON THE CREATORS
AND AND BRING A LOT OF VALUE IN
US THE RIGHT PARTNER COMES
ALONG IN THE FUTURE SO BE A
OBVIOUSLY GOOGLE AS THE PERFECT
HOME FOR THAT I'M SO SO WE'RE