Pocket FM doubled to a $500M run rate with AI producing 99% of new audio content
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Indian audio-series company Pocket FM hit a $500M annualized run rate, up from $250M a year ago, with $415M coming from user payments and 70% of revenue from the US. AI now produces 99% of new content and 93% of the catalog, making production about 80x cheaper: 100 hours of content takes one day where it used to take a year. Its all-AI microdrama app Pocket Saga runs at $15M. The CEO says humans still own ideation and story.