ekoz.ai Launches to Help Podcasters Scale Host-Read Ads and Earn Higher CPMs

ekoz.ai today launched an AI platform that lets podcasters, networks and ad exchanges scale host-read advertising — the format listeners respond to most — without the manual production that has always capped its growth. With the host’s approval, ekoz uses voiceprint technology to clone the host’s own voice, then scripts, voices and dynamically inserts host-read ads programmatically.

For creators and rights holders, that means more of their premium host-read inventory can be filled, at higher CPMs, while the host retains approval and control over how their voice is used. There are no new recording sessions and no synthetic voices — only the host’s real voice.

ekoz is working with partners across the audio ecosystem, including Triton Digital, Spreaker (from iHeart), DAX and Podgo, to bring host-read programmatic inventory to market.

“This gives podcasters a way to say yes to more advertisers without burning more hours in the booth — and to do it in their own voice, on their own terms” said Marty Avallone, CEO of ekoz.ai.

About ekoz.ai

ekoz.ai is transforming podcast advertising by using generative AI and voiceprint technology to produce host-read ads programmatically — at the speed and scale advertisers need. Rather than creating synthetic voices, ekoz clones a host’s own voice with their approval, preserving the authentic, host-driven impact that makes host-read advertising work. The result is a new class of “host-read programmatic” ads that give advertisers scale and performance without sacrificing authenticity, and give podcasters, networks and exchanges a way to fill more inventory at higher CPMs. ekoz.ai is headquartered in New York City. Learn more at ekoz.ai.