Async

About Async

Async, formerly known as Podcastle, provides an AI-powered platform for content creation that serves creators, businesses, and developers. The company was founded in 2020 by Artavazd (Arto) Yeritsyan, who previously served as VP of Engineering at PicsArt. Initially launched as a Chrome extension to convert articles into podcasts, the platform evolved based on market demand into a comprehensive creative operating system. The rebranding to Async reflects the company's expanded mission beyond podcasting to support asynchronous, AI-driven media workflows for both video and audio. Async has secured $23.5 million in total funding from investors, including Andrew Ng's AI Fund, Mosaic Ventures, RTP Global, Point Nine, and Sierra Ventures, with a $13.5 million Series A round closed in 2024 to scale its operations. The company's business model is structured around two core offerings: the Async Creator Platform and the Async Developer Platform. The Creator Platform is a subscription-based service (SaaS) with tiered plans, including a free basic option, that provides an all-in-one web-based studio for recording, editing, and distributing content. For enterprise clients, Async offers solutions for marketing, sales, and operations teams to scale branded content, automate communications, and produce training materials. The Async Creator Platform (the evolution of Podcastle) enables users to perform studio-quality remote recording for up to 10 participants with local recording to prevent connectivity issues. Its features are accessible through a chat-based interface and include AI-driven tools like "Magic Dust" for noise cancellation and audio leveling, automatic transcription, text-based audio editing, and the creation of short-form clips for social media. The platform also offers AI dubbing in over 15 languages, voice cloning, and access to a library of royalty-free music and sound effects. The second main offering, the Async Developer Platform, provides API access to the company's proprietary AI technologies. This allows developers to integrate features such as text-to-speech, voice cloning, and noise cancellation into their own applications, targeting use cases from customer support agents to various communication apps. Keywords: AI content creation, video editing, audio editing, voice API, text-to-speech, podcasting platform, Artavazd Yeritsyan, generative AI, creator tools, developer platform, audio recording, AI dubbing, voice cloning, noise cancellation, media production, asynchronous workflow, SaaS, AI studio, video generation, content repurposing