Podcastle
by Podcastle, Inc.
Podcastle is a browser-based audio and video creation platform for recording, editing, transcription, text-to-speech, voice cloning, and podcast production, with tools aimed at creators and teams.
Why Abandoned
Podcastle's official website remains available and presents current recording, editing, transcription, and AI voice products. Recent company coverage also reports ongoing financing and product development.
🩺 Health Signals
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- 200
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- Confidence
- 94%
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📅 Timeline
Podcastle launched
Artavazd Yeritsyan founded Podcastle in 2020 as an AI-assisted platform for creating and editing spoken-word audio.
Raised $7 million seed round
Podcastle announced a $7 million seed round led by RTP Global, with participation from Point Nine Capital, Sierra Ventures and AI Fund.
Introduced Podcastle Hosting Hub
Podcastle announced Hosting Hub, adding podcast publishing, distribution and analytics capabilities to its production workflow.
Raised $13.5 million Series A
Podcastle raised a $13.5 million Series A led by Mosaic Ventures, with participation from existing investors RTP Global, Point Nine Capital, Sierra Ventures and AI Fund.
🔄 Alternatives to Podcastle
Descript
🟢ActiveAI-powered audio and video editor that lets you edit media by editing text transcripts.
Murf AI
🟢ActiveAI voice generator that creates realistic text-to-speech voiceovers for videos and presentations.
ElevenLabs
🟢ActiveAI voice synthesis platform known for extremely realistic and expressive voice cloning.
VEED
🟢ActiveVEED is a browser-based video creation and editing platform from VEED Ltd. It combines timeline editing, recording, subtitles, translation, avatars, and generative AI tools for individuals and business teams.
🪦 Other dead Voice & Audio tools
Amper Music
🟡Acquired / MergedAmper Music was an AI-assisted music composition platform that let users generate and customize royalty-cleared tracks for videos, podcasts, games, and other media. Shutterstock acquired the company in 2020.
VocaliD
🟡Acquired / MergedVocaliD developed personalized synthetic voices for people who could not speak and later offered custom voice technology for brands. The company combined donated speech recordings with a recipient’s vocal characteristics.
Lyrebird
🟡Acquired / MergedLyrebird developed AI systems for copying a person’s voice from short audio samples and generating speech in that voice. Descript acquired the Montreal startup in 2019 and incorporated its technology and team.
Play.ht
🔴Shutdown / DeadAI text-to-speech platform with ultra-realistic voices for podcasts, videos, and audiobooks.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Podcastle used for?
Podcastle is used to record, edit and publish podcasts and other spoken-word audio or video. Its tools include multitrack recording, transcription-based editing, noise removal, text-to-speech and AI voice features.
Is Podcastle an AI podcast editor?
Yes. Podcastle combines conventional recording and timeline editing with AI-assisted transcription, audio cleanup, text-to-speech and voice-cloning capabilities.
Can Podcastle record remote interviews?
Yes. Podcastle provides browser-based remote recording for interviews and collaborative sessions, with separate participant tracks intended to simplify post-production.
Does Podcastle support text-to-speech and voice cloning?
Yes. Podcastle offers synthetic voices for converting text into speech and a voice-cloning feature for generating speech modeled on a user's recorded voice, subject to its plan availability and usage terms.
What are the best Podcastle alternatives?
Descript is a close alternative for transcription-based podcast editing; Murf AI and ElevenLabs focus more heavily on synthetic voice generation; VEED combines browser-based audio and video editing.