Overlap: Curating the best podcast clips FOR YOU

Overlap

Maker

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Hi Product Hunt fam 😻 Like so many of you, we at Overlap (YC S24) love podcasts. Our CEO Jonathan’s favorite podcast has long been Acquired, Casey’s is Impaulsive (how Gen Z) and mine is Freakonomics. But these days, more and more people are engaging with podcasts in new ways: ⏱️Through clips instead of full-length episodes 🕵️Through topic-based searches instead of via subscriptions ✨Through algorithmic recommendations on social media, not global podcast charts We think the podcast apps aren’t adapting to this future - so for the past year we’ve been building Overlap. Overlap is a new iOS mobile app that uses AI to curate the best podcast moments for you. Each day, we’ll send you personalized clip-based playlists on topics you’re interested in – whether that’s Is Consumer Space Travel Here?, Kevin Hart’s Funniest Moments, or A Brief History of Credit Cards. Or if you have a topic in mind, prompt our AI to generate a custom playlist for you. Please reach out at admin@joinoverlap.com if you have ANY feedback at all and thank you so much for reading this far and considering downloading Overlap.

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10mo ago

Joseph Abraham

SaaS for Greater Good

@buzz_rubenstein Cheers to the team for launching this! Wishing you an extraordinary journey ahead. What’s the story behind the product's name?

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@kjosephabraham ah good q! Here’s the name origin: For any topic on Overlap, overlapping voices and clips come together from different podcasts to make one playlist.

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@a_zelenkov yes! Users can generate playlists now actually (and share them via text) but would be interesting to see what others are generating in-app

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@a_zelenkov Great callout. Users can generate their own playlists and share them with anyone but not yet in-app. Some kind of feed to see what kind of playlists people are generating could be very interesitng.

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@rajeshk_mehra thanks so much Rajesh!

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10mo ago

Mary Garcia

This is a really interesting approach to podcasts, Overlap seems to hit the nail on the head in terms of future user engagement! I'm curious about the AI behind the curation process. How do you ensure the quality and relevance of the clips? Also, will there be options for user-generated playlists or community suggestions? Excited to see how this evolves. Great work, @buzz_rubenstein!

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@marygarcia Our CTO and resident genius @caseytraina has all the details, but at a high-level we run podcast transcripts through a multi-step LLM flow. Each step has its own hyper-tailored prompts and objectives -- and it all fits together to find the best moments in long episodes.

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10mo ago

Christofer Huber

Mailfox

Hey @buzz_rubenstein I'm not the biggest podcast listener, I only listen when I'm traveling, so this is perfect for extracting the key takeaways from different topics. Love it 👏🏻 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

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10mo ago

Buzz Rubenstein

Overlap

Maker

@crebuh 100%! We're definitely hoping Overlap fits exactly into this exact use case for ya.

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10mo ago

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