an Indian app went from $21M → $500M ARR in just 3 years.
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an Indian app went from $21M → $500M ARR in just 3 years. it’s like TikTok, but for audio stories, and it’s called Pocket FM. today they’re launching Sherpa: an AI writing assistant trained on 100M+ hours of listening data: where people keep listening, where they quit, and which cliffhangers make them pay for the next episode. you give it the idea and it helps turn it into a full season, with characters and story arcs. and creators are already earning money with this. according to Pocket FM, it’s paid creators $33M, with the top 1% earning over $55K a year.
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