India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content

TechCrunch · Jagmeet Singh · 10 September 2026, 17:45

Pocket FM doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million while increasing its reliance on AI to produce audio storytelling at scale. AI now powers 93% of its overall catalog and is used to produce 99% of its new content. The company reports higher output (2.5 million hours a year) and improved 12-month revenue retention (76% vs 44% two years ago), and it is extending the AI-driven model into its microdrama app Pocket Saga and planned new formats.

Why it matters

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.