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Particle Launches Radar: A Searchable Podcast Intelligence API

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Particle, an AI newsreader startup, has launched Radar, a podcast search engine that transcribes and indexes podcast audio, making it searchable and usable by AI agents. The service has already attracted interest from hedge funds and other businesses looking for data insights from podcasts.

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Radar introduces a new API that allows for the indexing and searching of over 130,000 podcasts, a significant expansion from its previous capabilities within the Particle news-reading app.

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Radar transcribes more than 130,000 podcasts, making it the largest transcribed podcast service in existence.

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Radar is priced at $29 a month per seat, with a $399-per-month plan for businesses that includes 20 seats.

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Hedge funds have been the highest-volume customers that are directly integrating with the API.

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Radar plans to expand the service beyond podcasts to support other forms of audio, such as YouTube videos and news clips.

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Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents

TechCrunch·1h ago