Spotify has acquired podcast discovery platform “Podz”. It said on its blog that the technology will “complement & accelerate Spotify’s focused efforts to drive discovery, deliver listeners the right Content at the right time, & accelerate growth of the category worldwide.”
Powered by state-of-the-art machine learning technology, Podz generates high-quality clips that give users the opportunity to preview key moments from podcast episodes, encouraging them to discover & listen to new podcasts. The acquisition of Pod, said Spotify, will “take podcast discovery to the next level”.
