Listen Startup Ideas

3 years ago

It’s a lifestyle music service, where you can access your library from any device and listen to the music in whatever order you want. You can also pay for a subscription to get access to a wider library.

187

3 years ago

A $1 cloud-based platform for sharing your music, where friends can listen to it for free. The app is already on the Apple Store, and the company is looking to expand to Android and Windows.

151

3 years ago

Each week, the startup curates a list of 3-10 new books, videos, podcasts, and articles from the industry and the web that it thinks are worth reading and listening to. The startup also curates a weekly newsletter.

150

1 year ago

A podcasting platform that allows you to listen, rate, and share podcasts.

150

3 years ago

This startup wants to use machine learning and cryptocurrency to make “recommendations” based on what you might want to listen to.

145

3 years ago

A startup that helps artists and bands promote online, connecting them with fans and listeners. The company charges artists a commission for promoted posts, and users pay a flat monthly fee for the service.

142

1 year ago

A company that makes therapy robots that listen to you and respond in a range of ways, from “screaming” to “fawning.”

133

3 years ago

A startup that wants to use artificial intelligence to help improve the lives of aging parents. The company's first product is a watch that listens to the wearer's heartbeat and detects a change in heart rate caused by a number of possible issues. It then sends help via text message.

129

3 years ago

A 4-year-old company that makes a programmable, connected-home appliance that can be programmed to do things from turning the AC off and on to turning lights on and off to listening to music and turning the TV on and off. The company has raised $7.3 million in funding.

118

2 years ago

A music subscription service that pays artists based on how much music people listen to. The company is already in talks with artists to create original content and bring it to their platform.

118

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a machine that can read your medical records, listen to your voice, and communicate with you in non-verbal ways.

111

3 years ago

A mobile application that helps users track and listen to their favorite musical artists.

110

3 years ago

A virtual assistant app that listens to users’ conversations and suggests answers to their questions.

108

1 year ago

A company that helps teachers create lesson plans and 10 minute lessons that work on iPads, while the students listen and watch and learn

92

2 years ago

In this world, your phone knows what song you’re listening to, when you’re at work, when you’re in bed, when you’re in a restaurant, and when you’re in a grocery store. The startup wants to turn that into a single app that can be used to control your music.

91

2 years ago

A music streaming service that focuses on music discovery. Co-founded by former Rdio and Spotify engineers, the startup will offer a curated “radio” experience, as well as a social experience where users can follow artists and share what they’re listening to.

90

2 years ago

An HR startup that helps companies hire and manage software engineers. They focus on a unique interview process of tracking answers and listening to the answers and use machine learning to sort candidates, give feedback, and determine how to move forward.

90

2 years ago

A startup focused on user-friendly music discovery. The startup wants to create a desktop experience around music discovery that will allow users to browse and listen to songs, and also see what others are listening to.

88

2 years ago

The startup will deliver custom-made soundtracks to the home, so you can listen to it in your own car, or at work.

86

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps people find the right job. It uses a “listening algorithm” to match job seekers with companies with the right fit. Currently focused on the UK.

86

1 year ago

A calendar app that pays people to listen to the audio version of their day.

83

2 years ago

This startup is building a service for individuals to control the music they listen to and set their own personalized playlists.

82

1 year ago

A streaming music service for LGBTQ listeners that aims to provide a safe space to listen to music without being judged.

77

1 year ago

The company is building a platform for trying out new music, allowing users to listen to new songs for free before paying for them.

76

2 years ago

A startup that helps you be a better listener. A podcast-focused app that allows users to listen to a podcast or podcast episode on their phone, and then scroll over text to see what was said, or share the audio with someone else.

74

8 months ago

This startup is building an app that generates personalized content recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more. The app can suggest content based on what a person has watched or listened to in the past, and then recommend similar content in the future.

72

1 year ago

A free web-based platform for musicians to share their music with fans. The app lets musicians upload their music to the platform, and users can listen to it, vote on it, and make requests. Fans can also buy music directly from the app.

71

2 years ago

An AI-based startup that lets you listen to your favorite songs without any advertising. However, the company has not yet launched any products or services.

70

1 year ago

A startup that helps you organize your life, like a DVR for your podcast listening.

69

1 year ago

A machine learning company that helps people analyze their music listening habits to figure out what kind of music is going to be most enjoyable to them.

68

1 year ago

A startup that enables you to “stop your thinking, just listen” and collaborate on ideas. It encourages you to “try a thought experiment” and think through how it would change your life.

66

11 months ago

A personalized music streaming service, focused on artists and listeners who are passionate about their music and share some sort of social connection with the artist.

65

2 years ago

A “social network for music lovers” that connects fans to each other and to the artists they’re listening to.

64

1 year ago

A startup that aims to help people manage their Spotify accounts by giving them a dashboard to view their music history, listen to playlists, and search for new music.

62

2 years ago

A company that makes it easier for people to learn new languages. The startup aims to allow users to learn on demand via a program that allows people to listen to native speakers of the language.

61

1 year ago

A $20 earpiece that you can use to listen to music and make phone calls.

61

1 year ago

This startup is building a way for people to listen to their favorite podcasts, music and audiobooks in the car. It’s the only car audio system that can also process voice commands from Siri.

60

1 year ago

A platform for public radio stations that allow listeners to donate to their programming.

59

9 months ago

A startup based in Sweden that wants to build on the user behavior data from people who are already using the company’s products. It has a product for people who want to listen to music, and a product for people who want to watch TV shows.

59

1 year ago

The company is building an “internet-to-vehicle” platform to allow you to control your car over the web — like you can a TV or PC. Drivers can get directions, listen to music and use their mobile device in the car.

57

1 year ago

A video platform that allows businesses to broadcast to all of their customers, whether they’re watching, listening or just browsing on the mobile Web

56

1 year ago

A platform for educators to share content, listening and other materials for students, teachers and parents.

53

1 year ago

A wearable device that listens to noise and activity levels and sends alerts to the user’s phone when they are too quiet, which they say can help the hearing impaired get a full night’s sleep.

53

11 months ago

A digital assistant for real estate agents. The startup is building a tool for agents to use to listen to their clients, email and schedule meetings.

53

6 months ago

A music streaming startup that has developed a recommendation engine for artists to see where their fans are listening.

53

1 year ago

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51

1 year ago

A podcasting app for listening to or making podcasts

48

1 year ago

A solution to the problem of constantly interrupted meetings with video calls and screens, the app offers a way to replace the typical status meeting in which people check in and listen to voicemails with a real-time video call and an instant messaging channel.

47

1 year ago

This startup is building a new way to interact with the world of digital assistants, allowing users to talk to them as if they were a person rather than an external app. The company has built a new AI that they say can answer questions while also listening and learning.

47

6 months ago

A startup that lets you listen to a podcast in the car. The startup will let you download podcasts onto your phone or listen to them on the go.

41

1 year ago

A product that takes the place of a subscription service like Spotify, but which can be used to listen to music on an unlimited basis.

40

1 year ago

Shopify’s first acquisition, Blinkist is a tablet app that allows users to listen to any book in the world, in real time, for free.

36

11 months ago

This company is developing a “Mission-oriented AI”, which they claim is capable of “seeing, listening, understanding and acting like a human”.

34

7 months ago

A mobile phone app that lets you set up a private listening room in your home. Available on iOS and Android.

32

6 months ago

A social network where you can hang out with friends in a virtual space and for pay, the company wants to become something like a virtual nightclub where you can listen to music, play games, chat with other users, and engage in live chat.

30

7 months ago

A fitness wearable that tracks heart rate and movement, with a built-in speaker that allows users to listen to music or podcasts.

28

4 months ago

A startup that helps you find and follow your favorite podcasts, and you can even listen to them on the go.

23

3 years ago

Idea: An AI voice assistant that listens to you at work and helps you organize your day, from setting reminders to adding appointments to your calendar.

22

4 months ago

The next generation of podcasts, pitched as a “YouTube for podcasts”. The startup’s app aggregates all the different podcasts you listen to (which includes podcasts that aren’t on Spotify).

21

4 months ago

The startup’s technology enables users to download their own music and listen to it on their private headphones. The idea is that they can find their music on a playlist of known Spotify playlists. The company takes a small commission on each track, which is used to pay artists for their work.

21

28 days ago

This company is building a mobile app for radio stations, offering on-demand music for listeners, and a revenue-sharing revenue model.

13

15 days ago

A startup that will let people listen to music using a heads-up display, including Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and internet radio.

10

1 month ago

A tool that lets you keep track of your favorite music and artists, and is powered by your music listening history.

9

1 day ago

A solution for users to get their Spotify recommendations based on music they’ve listened to.

2

6 hours ago

A company that allows you to stream video from a web browser and listen to it on your phone or tablet.

1

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that enables people to automatically record the music they listen to on their phones and stream it to a connected speaker

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Listen Startup Ideas

It’s a lifestyle music service, where you can access your library from any device and listen to the music in whatever order you want. You can also pay for a subscription to get access to a wider library.

A $1 cloud-based platform for sharing your music, where friends can listen to it for free. The app is already on the Apple Store, and the company is looking to expand to Android and Windows.

Each week, the startup curates a list of 3-10 new books, videos, podcasts, and articles from the industry and the web that it thinks are worth reading and listening to. The startup also curates a weekly newsletter.

A podcasting platform that allows you to listen, rate, and share podcasts.

This startup wants to use machine learning and cryptocurrency to make “recommendations” based on what you might want to listen to.

A startup that helps artists and bands promote online, connecting them with fans and listeners. The company charges artists a commission for promoted posts, and users pay a flat monthly fee for the service.

A company that makes therapy robots that listen to you and respond in a range of ways, from “screaming” to “fawning.”

A startup that wants to use artificial intelligence to help improve the lives of aging parents. The company's first product is a watch that listens to the wearer's heartbeat and detects a change in heart rate caused by a number of possible issues. It then sends help via text message.

A 4-year-old company that makes a programmable, connected-home appliance that can be programmed to do things from turning the AC off and on to turning lights on and off to listening to music and turning the TV on and off. The company has raised $7.3 million in funding.

A music subscription service that pays artists based on how much music people listen to. The company is already in talks with artists to create original content and bring it to their platform.

A startup that’s building a machine that can read your medical records, listen to your voice, and communicate with you in non-verbal ways.

A mobile application that helps users track and listen to their favorite musical artists.

A virtual assistant app that listens to users’ conversations and suggests answers to their questions.

A company that helps teachers create lesson plans and 10 minute lessons that work on iPads, while the students listen and watch and learn

In this world, your phone knows what song you’re listening to, when you’re at work, when you’re in bed, when you’re in a restaurant, and when you’re in a grocery store. The startup wants to turn that into a single app that can be used to control your music.

A music streaming service that focuses on music discovery. Co-founded by former Rdio and Spotify engineers, the startup will offer a curated “radio” experience, as well as a social experience where users can follow artists and share what they’re listening to.

An HR startup that helps companies hire and manage software engineers. They focus on a unique interview process of tracking answers and listening to the answers and use machine learning to sort candidates, give feedback, and determine how to move forward.

A startup focused on user-friendly music discovery. The startup wants to create a desktop experience around music discovery that will allow users to browse and listen to songs, and also see what others are listening to.

The startup will deliver custom-made soundtracks to the home, so you can listen to it in your own car, or at work.

A chatbot that helps people find the right job. It uses a “listening algorithm” to match job seekers with companies with the right fit. Currently focused on the UK.

A calendar app that pays people to listen to the audio version of their day.

This startup is building a service for individuals to control the music they listen to and set their own personalized playlists.

A streaming music service for LGBTQ listeners that aims to provide a safe space to listen to music without being judged.

The company is building a platform for trying out new music, allowing users to listen to new songs for free before paying for them.

A startup that helps you be a better listener. A podcast-focused app that allows users to listen to a podcast or podcast episode on their phone, and then scroll over text to see what was said, or share the audio with someone else.

This startup is building an app that generates personalized content recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more. The app can suggest content based on what a person has watched or listened to in the past, and then recommend similar content in the future.

A free web-based platform for musicians to share their music with fans. The app lets musicians upload their music to the platform, and users can listen to it, vote on it, and make requests. Fans can also buy music directly from the app.

An AI-based startup that lets you listen to your favorite songs without any advertising. However, the company has not yet launched any products or services.

A startup that helps you organize your life, like a DVR for your podcast listening.

A machine learning company that helps people analyze their music listening habits to figure out what kind of music is going to be most enjoyable to them.

A startup that enables you to “stop your thinking, just listen” and collaborate on ideas. It encourages you to “try a thought experiment” and think through how it would change your life.

A personalized music streaming service, focused on artists and listeners who are passionate about their music and share some sort of social connection with the artist.

A “social network for music lovers” that connects fans to each other and to the artists they’re listening to.

A startup that aims to help people manage their Spotify accounts by giving them a dashboard to view their music history, listen to playlists, and search for new music.

A company that makes it easier for people to learn new languages. The startup aims to allow users to learn on demand via a program that allows people to listen to native speakers of the language.

A $20 earpiece that you can use to listen to music and make phone calls.

This startup is building a way for people to listen to their favorite podcasts, music and audiobooks in the car. It’s the only car audio system that can also process voice commands from Siri.

A platform for public radio stations that allow listeners to donate to their programming.

A startup based in Sweden that wants to build on the user behavior data from people who are already using the company’s products. It has a product for people who want to listen to music, and a product for people who want to watch TV shows.

The company is building an “internet-to-vehicle” platform to allow you to control your car over the web — like you can a TV or PC. Drivers can get directions, listen to music and use their mobile device in the car.

A video platform that allows businesses to broadcast to all of their customers, whether they’re watching, listening or just browsing on the mobile Web

A platform for educators to share content, listening and other materials for students, teachers and parents.

A wearable device that listens to noise and activity levels and sends alerts to the user’s phone when they are too quiet, which they say can help the hearing impaired get a full night’s sleep.

A digital assistant for real estate agents. The startup is building a tool for agents to use to listen to their clients, email and schedule meetings.

A music streaming startup that has developed a recommendation engine for artists to see where their fans are listening.

A podcasting app for listening to or making podcasts

A solution to the problem of constantly interrupted meetings with video calls and screens, the app offers a way to replace the typical status meeting in which people check in and listen to voicemails with a real-time video call and an instant messaging channel.

This startup is building a new way to interact with the world of digital assistants, allowing users to talk to them as if they were a person rather than an external app. The company has built a new AI that they say can answer questions while also listening and learning.

A startup that lets you listen to a podcast in the car. The startup will let you download podcasts onto your phone or listen to them on the go.

A product that takes the place of a subscription service like Spotify, but which can be used to listen to music on an unlimited basis.

Shopify’s first acquisition, Blinkist is a tablet app that allows users to listen to any book in the world, in real time, for free.

This company is developing a “Mission-oriented AI”, which they claim is capable of “seeing, listening, understanding and acting like a human”.

A mobile phone app that lets you set up a private listening room in your home. Available on iOS and Android.

A social network where you can hang out with friends in a virtual space and for pay, the company wants to become something like a virtual nightclub where you can listen to music, play games, chat with other users, and engage in live chat.

A fitness wearable that tracks heart rate and movement, with a built-in speaker that allows users to listen to music or podcasts.

A startup that helps you find and follow your favorite podcasts, and you can even listen to them on the go.

Idea: An AI voice assistant that listens to you at work and helps you organize your day, from setting reminders to adding appointments to your calendar.

The next generation of podcasts, pitched as a “YouTube for podcasts”. The startup’s app aggregates all the different podcasts you listen to (which includes podcasts that aren’t on Spotify).

The startup’s technology enables users to download their own music and listen to it on their private headphones. The idea is that they can find their music on a playlist of known Spotify playlists. The company takes a small commission on each track, which is used to pay artists for their work.

This company is building a mobile app for radio stations, offering on-demand music for listeners, and a revenue-sharing revenue model.

A startup that will let people listen to music using a heads-up display, including Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and internet radio.

A tool that lets you keep track of your favorite music and artists, and is powered by your music listening history.

A solution for users to get their Spotify recommendations based on music they’ve listened to.

A company that allows you to stream video from a web browser and listen to it on your phone or tablet.

Idea: A startup that enables people to automatically record the music they listen to on their phones and stream it to a connected speaker