A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast experience for its users . Scout.fm was launched last year by a team whose experience includes working for technology companies such as Google and Twitter , and media sites such as Medium and Politico . The new service is designed to use Amazon 's Alexa voice - activated assistant as an interface , asking the user directly about their preferences to select the content accordingly . “We think the key to that is making podcasts as easy to listen to as the radio – and we think that’s even more critically important, as we enter the smart speaker era.” It then fine - tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly played .
A Californian startup has launched a curated podcast service that aims to create a personalised podcast experience for its users . Scout.fm was launched last year by a team whose experience includes working for technology companies such as Google and Twitter , and media sites such as Medium and Politico . The new service is designed to use Amazon 's Alexa voice - activated assistant as an interface , asking the user directly about their preferences to select the content accordingly . It then fine - tunes the selections to take account of those that are regularly played .