# Podscan: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/
Covers: 2024 to Feb. 10, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Podscan: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 6 product launches from Podscan since February 2024. The latest, Adds content-based IAB categories for every episode, became available Feb. 10, 2026. We also record 1 funding round and 1 new company.

Podscan sells podcast monitoring and search to brands and PR teams. AI keyword alerts detect brand and topic mentions soon after an episode goes live. Users can search shows by what hosts and guests said and get host contacts for guest pitching, with mention reports and share of voice.

## Facts

- Site: [podscan.fm](https://podscan.fm/)
- Founded: 2024
- Category: Media monitoring and analysis
- Status: Active
- Price: Premium $100/mo ($1,000/yr), Professional $200, Advanced $2,500, Enterprise from $5,000/mo; $20 day pass, $50 research pass; free Premium-level monitoring for a verified company domain

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Adds content-based IAB categories for every episode

Available Feb. 10, 2026.

Podscan assigns IAB categories from what each episode actually discusses, not the show's self-chosen category, so buyers can filter shows by true topic. The data is in the dashboard and the API.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Podscan newsletter](https://podscan.kit.com/posts/your-ai-agent-can-now-search-4m-podcasts-via-mcp-plus-smarter-categorization).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-LERW8HDPD

### Adds sentiment to every topic and entity mention

Available Feb. 10, 2026.

Each topic and entity Podscan extracts from podcasts is tagged positive, negative or neutral, and users can filter results by sentiment in the dashboard and API.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis), [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Podscan newsletter](https://podscan.kit.com/posts/your-ai-agent-can-now-search-4m-podcasts-via-mcp-plus-smarter-categorization).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-LJD48Y6BR

### MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration

Announced Feb. 10, 2026.

Connects Podscan's 4M+ podcast database to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants so agents can search and query podcast content.

Features: [MCP servers and connectors](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors), [MCP server](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-server).

[In the skills library](https://www.newsprint.com/skills/#launch-R308).

Source: [Podscan.fm newsletter (Kit)](https://podscan.kit.com/posts/your-ai-agent-can-now-search-4m-podcasts-via-mcp-plus-smarter-categorization).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-R308

### Podscan Ideas Vault

Available August 2025.

Podscan launched the Ideas Vault, a SaaS built on the Podscan API that scores and ranks business ideas mined from fresh episodes of ~500 podcasts.

Source: [The Bootstrapped Founder blog](https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-podscan-ideas-vault-engineering-as-marketing/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-E280

### Podscan reaches profitability

Announced April 4, 2025.

Arvid Kahl announced Podscan became profitable roughly a year after taking Calm Company Fund investment.

Source: [The Bootstrapped Founder blog](https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podscans-profitability-milestone-whats-next/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-E252

### Calm Company Fund investment

Announced April 2024.

Arvid Kahl raised a six-figure, bootstrapper-compatible investment from the Calm Company Fund for Podscan.

Source: [The Bootstrapped Founder blog](https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/funded/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-E182

### Podscan launch: podcast transcripts, search and mention alerts

Available February 2024.

Podscan launched a podcast monitoring service that transcribes episodes and alerts brands to mentions in near real time.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Media database](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database).

Source: [Podcast News Daily (Podcast Monitoring Services Podscan Secures Early-Stage Funding From Calm, Apr 9, 2024)](https://www.podcastnewsdaily.com/news/podcast-monitoring-services-podscan-secures-early-stage-funding-from-calm/article_40d718ec-f688-11ee-acfa-2f61c505b056.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-N229

### Podscan founded

Announced 2024.

Arvid Kahl started Podscan.fm, a podcast transcription and mention-tracking platform; it began as a marketing play for his Podline voicemail tool.

Source: [The Bootstrapped Founder blog](https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/arvids-year-in-review-2024/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/podscan/#launch-E179

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology