Scout.fm

Scout.fm (Scout FM) was a podcast-curation startup whose iOS, Android, Alexa and CarPlay apps turned podcasts into personalized, radio-like stations using AI-driven recommendations across genres such as news, sports and true crime. Backed by Bloomberg Beta, Precursor Ventures, Advancit Capital and Samsung NEXT (roughly $1.4M raised), the company was acquired by Apple in September 2020 and subsequently shut down, with its apps pulled from every platform. The scout.fm domain no longer resolves and the company publishes no developer, API, or SDK surface. This profile is retained as a historical network record; there is nothing left to enrich.

Scout.fm is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Podcasts, Audio, Recommendations, and Defunct.

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5.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
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CompanyPodcastsAudioRecommendationsDefunctAcquired

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 5.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Access Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: scoutfm
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/scoutfm.png
name: Scout.fm
description: Scout.fm (Scout FM) was a podcast-curation startup whose iOS, Android, Alexa and CarPlay apps turned podcasts
  into personalized, radio-like stations using AI-driven recommendations across genres such as news, sports and true crime.
  Backed by Bloomberg Beta, Precursor Ventures, Advancit Capital and Samsung NEXT (roughly $1.4M raised), the company was
  acquired by Apple in September 2020 and subsequently shut down, with its apps pulled from every platform. The scout.fm domain
  no longer resolves and the company publishes no developer, API, or SDK surface. This profile is retained as a historical
  network record; there is nothing left to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scoutfm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-acquired-by: apple
x-acquired-date: '2020-09-24'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Podcasts
- Audio
- Recommendations
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1

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