Our Story
The future we're building,
by people who've been running
since the dawn of the internet
Our members have worked in internet advertising for over a quarter of a century, since the dawn of the internet in the late 1990s.
We may be a little old-school, but we genuinely love the idea of an internet where great information is freely accessible — and we want to keep building it.
YouTube, Instagram, TikTok —— this vision is made possible because advertising sits at its foundation. We're bringing that same model to podcasting.
The real market growth is still ahead. We sincerely want to build the future of podcasting together with you.
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Late 1990s
At Yahoo! and Overture, helped launch and drive the growth of the online advertising market from the earliest days of the internet.
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2000s – 2010s
Anticipating the rise of mobile internet access, founded a first company to launch the mobile advertising market. After its sale to the GMO Group, held senior roles within the group while exploring new advertising frontiers.
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2014 — Robot Start founded
After researching overseas markets, focused on audio advertising and founded a second company. As the team came together, narrowed its focus to podcasting in 2022 and began building advertising infrastructure.
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Today & beyond
Built a network of 400+ shows and over 100 sales partners, reaching more than 50 million monthly plays. The real market growth is still ahead.