{
  "id": 8275058,
  "title": "Pocket FM Eyes 15%-20% EBITDA Margin, Global Expansion With AI-Led Content Push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/pocket-fm-eyes-15-20-ebitda-margin-global-expansion-with-ai-led",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:30:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc42",
    "slug": "inc42",
    "url": "https://inc42.com/buzz/pocket-fm-eyes-15-20-ebitda-margin-global-expansion-with-ai-led-content-push/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pocket FM aims to increase its EBITDA margin to 15%-20% from a current 5%, as disclosed by cofounder Prateek Dixit. The audio series platform is leveraging AI to reduce production costs and accelerate content creation, with AI powering about 90% of its production and 80%-90% of creative processes. Pocket FM recently reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) surpassing $500 Mn. The startup, founded in 2018 by Dixit, Rohan Nayak, and Nishanth KS, offers audio content across multiple languages and genres and has raised $196 Mn, with a valuation of $750 Mn. Pocket FM is also expanding into Japan and South Korea, as well as exploring interactive storytelling and gaming opportunities. The company's AI Content Engine, Sherpa, is a fiction-writing platform that helps creators build long-form stories for hundreds of episodes.",
  "summary": "Pocket FM is betting heavily on AI to improve its content economics and lift its EBITDA margin to 15%-20% from…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}