Anchor was a podcast creation, hosting, distribution, and monetization platform (anchor.fm), founded in 2015 and backed by GV (Google Ventures) among others. Spotify acquired Anchor in 2019 and folded it into its creator tooling, later rebranding the product to Spotify for Podcasters and then Spotify for Creators. The anchor.fm domain now 302-redirects to Spotify's creator product (podcasters.spotify.com / creators.spotify.com); Anchor never published a standalone public developer API, and it no longer operates as an independent company. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of gv and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub lead; enrichment confirms it is an acquired/absorbed brand with no independent developer surface to harvest.
Anchor * is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, and Audio.
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aid: anchor
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source:
- url: https://anchor.fm
status: 302
note: declared website redirects to https://creators.spotify.com/ — a different registrable domain (anchor.fm -> spotify.com),
possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/anchor.png
name: Anchor *
description: Anchor was a podcast creation, hosting, distribution, and monetization platform (anchor.fm), founded in 2015
and backed by GV (Google Ventures) among others. Spotify acquired Anchor in 2019 and folded it into its creator tooling,
later rebranding the product to Spotify for Podcasters and then Spotify for Creators. The anchor.fm domain now 302-redirects
to Spotify's creator product (podcasters.spotify.com / creators.spotify.com); Anchor never published a standalone public
developer API, and it no longer operates as an independent company. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of
gv and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub lead; enrichment confirms it is an acquired/absorbed brand with no
independent developer surface to harvest.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anchor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: spotify
x-successor-product: https://podcasters.spotify.com/
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Audio
- Creator Tools
- Media
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
url: https://anchor.fm
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/anchor-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-19'
status: backfilled
pass: local-v1
note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
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