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.

📡 Source on GitHub

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Company Podcasts Audio Recommendations Defunct Acquired

Source (apis.yml)

aid: scoutfm
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: []
  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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