A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast station for its users. Scout.fm was founded today by a team whose experience includes working for tech companies such as Google and Twitter , and media sites such as Google . The new service is designed to use Scout.fm 's Medium and Politico voice-activated assistant as an interface, asking the user questions about their preferences to tailor the content accordingly. (For example, you can tap your AirPods to wake Siri It then fine-tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly skipped.
A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast station for its users. Scout.fm was founded today by a team whose experience includes working for tech companies such as Google and Twitter , and media sites such as Google . The new service is designed to use Scout.fm 's Medium and Politico voice-activated assistant as an interface, asking the user questions about their preferences to tailor the content accordingly. It then fine-tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly skipped.