Apply HN: Signl.fm, the first spoken-word blogging platform (Podcast 2.0)

8 points by kimberleyhansen 10y ago ↗ HN

www.Signl.fm is the first social, spoken-word blogging platform — "Medium for Audio”.

Imagine if you could create live or time-shifted audio in the same place you listened to it—then instantly share it with your followers.

Imagine if you could connect with co-hosts and guests around the world.

Imagine if you could record live, invite listeners to contribute their voice in real-time—then subscribe to or download that content, stored in one place, forever.

Imagine if you could rate, review, share, and respond to content all in one social ecosystem.

Imagine if you could seamlessly transcribe your content using IBM Watson.

Imagine if monetization was painless for both creators and listeners.

Progress: We have an MVP (broadcast, record, & playback on desktop, iOS, and Android, and the basic product flow). We are working with an alpha group to amp and incentivize our social features to max level.

Market: We started this because we didn't have enough spoken-word audio to listen to. We want people to make more, and social is an *awesome way to make that happen. So, first we take on podcasts (~$120M worldwide), then Radio ($50B).

Team: Two co-founders, Kimberley(CEO) & Clifford(CTO), who have between them created many of the best-loved video games in history (Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Hitman Go, etc). The two previously had a small game studio together, and have a tonne of experience in gamified consumer apps (i.e. We Know Product). 2 other devs (also out of games), a finance/PM dude + an intern. An INTERN. !!!

Traction: a bunch of folks who want to live-cast and record with us; the biggest meetups in Vancouver, reporters who want to take us to conferences, and some others that we can't discuss here, but would be happy to chat about in person. We've also been interviewing podcasters for 6 months, and they're all pretty excited about us. We've got some nice notes from them to prove it.