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Mignano doubts RSS remains a viable long-term format for podcasting
“I just don't, I don't know if the format is, is viable longterm as a solution, I think.”
Mignano: Audio-only podcasters have no future as algorithms favor video
“I don't think so, because again, we're talking about Spotify and YouTube being the predominant platforms right now, and we know that those algos, they need the video. They crave the video.”
Mignano: Many explosive AI startups suffer from very high customer churn
“With a lot of these explosive high ARR companies that we've seen over the past couple of years with AI, it's not really a secret. You guys have probably heard of this as well. Many of them are very, very churning, right? They churn very quickly.”
Mignano: Spotify beat Apple in podcasts because Apple maintained separate apps
“Apple had two separate apps for these things, right? They had music and they had podcasts, two separate apps. And that was a total gift to Spotify because Spotify could take the podcasts and put them right next to the music. So you never had to leave the exper…”
Mignano: Josh Moore built AI app Wave to $5M ARR solo
“Josh Moore on my podcast. He started this app called Wave. Have you guys seen this app, Wave? It's kind of like Ranola. It's like a note-taking thing with AI. It's doing like five million ARR. He built it by himself, just like he had never coded before in his …”
Mignano: Foundation model startups need unique data, product, or distribution
“I don't think a model by itself is necessarily interesting. I think there needs to be a product and a team behind it. And so I think if you were starting a model, you know, if you were starting a company today that was training a foundation model, I think you …”
Mignano: Spotify's next step is adding non-podcast video content
“You have to imagine the next step is you start to see other types of video content on the platform. And even if they can start chipping away a few market share percentage points here and there, YouTube's catalog, that's a big deal for Spotify.”
Mignano: Anchor was originally founded as a social audio platform
“The original vision for anchor actually was not to be a podcast platform. It was very, very idealistic. We want it to be a social media platform, audio, social media. Like think clubhouse, but a couple of years earlier.”