faidr
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Boulder, CO, USA
AI-driven, Ad-free, Radio and Podcast player
Website: www.auddia.com
Owned by: Auddia
Latest news
- Sep 6: Auddia has added two new features to its radio and podcast player, faidr. It now has visualised chapters (“shows the user where segment breaks are in the episode within the progress bar of the player”), and another feature called Forward+ (“allows a user to skip forward to the end of the segment being played with a single touch”). These features are available in most podcast players, but requires creators to manually add these chapters when publishing. The app also has a paid ad-skipping function.
- Mar 20: Podcast ad-skipping company Auddia has raised a further $3.5mn to improve faidr, its app.
- Mar 12: After Auddia announced it was to purchase the Radio FM app on Feb 27, detailed why it wanted to buy it on Feb 29, and how it fit into its overall M&A user acquisition strategy on Mar 4, it’s decided not to purchase Radio FM after all. The company had announced it was building a feature that skips ads in podcasts, scheduled to launch Jan 15 in the company’s faidr app; that feature hasn’t yet launched.
- Nov 28, 2023: Auddia has announced it will automatically remove ads from podcasts in its app, called faidr, in early 2024. The company says it will launch with the top 200 most popular shows, and will initially bundle ad-free shows into its $5.99/month plan. Users can also request additional shows for future commercial-free listening.
- Sep 11, 2023: Auddia has released faidr v3.0, which promises "fully integrated podcasts" as well as a new user interface. The company is to acquire two new companies toward the end of the year.
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