Async, the AI-powered content creation platform previously known as Podcastle and trusted by millions of creators worldwide, today announced its rebranding to Async. The evolution reflects the platform's expansion beyond podcasting into a unified, agentic AI ecosystem spanning audio, video, voice, and code-enabled workflows.
Quick Intel
The creator economy continues its rapid growth trajectory, with sector forecasts projecting a 10x expansion to over $1.3 trillion by the mid-2030s, fueled by investment in long-form video, podcasting, and creator-led content. Despite this momentum, production workflows remain fragmented across disparate tools, slowing output and increasing manual effort.
Async consolidates these capabilities into a single infrastructure powered by AI agents that automate the "messy middle" of content creation—editing, transcription, repurposing, and scaling—while preserving creative control.
For Creators The updated Async Studio delivers intuitive audio and video editing, AI voice generation, and one-click repurposing. Faster, agentic models enable professional-grade results without complex timelines, allowing creators to focus on direction rather than manual editing.
For Enterprise Async provides scalable workspaces tailored for marketing, sales, and operations teams. Businesses can generate branded content at scale, automate internal communications, produce secure training materials, and support collaborative workflows in a governed environment.
For Developers The newly expanded Async Voice API opens proprietary, high-performance voice models to engineering teams. Developers can integrate ultra-low latency, human-like voice capabilities into customer support assistants, internal tools, and other voice-enabled applications.
"The name 'Podcastle' served us well, but it no longer captures the scale of our technology or the ambitions of our users. The next generation of creators don't want to edit; they want to direct," said Arto Yeritsyan, CEO and Founder of Async. "Async is one platform where a creator can edit a video, a marketing team can scale localized content, and a developer can build a voice agent – all powered by the same low-latency, human-like AI models. We are building a future where the boundaries between content creation and code disappear."
Founded in 2020 as a Chrome extension converting articles to podcasts, the platform evolved rapidly into a full creative operating system. It has earned Product Hunt’s Golden Kitty Award (2021), The Webby Award (2022), and G2’s Overall Market Leader status (2023). Available on web and iOS, Async supports recording and remote interviews directly from iPhone.
The rebrand aligns the company name with its technical foundation and strategic vision, positioning Async as a comprehensive AI-powered platform for the converging worlds of content creation, enterprise communication, and developer innovation.
About Async
Async (formerly Podcastle) empowers creators and teams by radically simplifying the end-to-end content creation process. The streamlined suite of AI-powered tools enables users to record, edit, transcribe, and publish audio & video content with unmatched simplicity. Originally founded in 2020 as a Chrome extension that instantly converted articles into podcasts, the platform rapidly evolved based on market demand into a full creative operating system used by millions. This product excellence has been recognized with the tech world’s most coveted awards: Product Hunt’s Golden Kitty Award (2021), The Webby Award (2022), and G2’s Overall Market Leader (2023) status. Backed by Tier-1 investors including Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, Mosaic Ventures, RTP Global, Point Nine, and Sierra Ventures, the company has raised $23.5M in total funding to date. In 2024 the company closed a $13.5M Series A to scale its AI content creation platform. Today, the Async app is available on the web and iOS, allowing creators to record or conduct remote interviews straight from their iPhone.
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