Indie Hackers founder interview · Published 2026-03-03
AI Podcasting combines automation and human post-production
AI Podcasting handles what follows a recording: editing, audio, show notes, publishing and promotion. Its founder describes manual delivery followed by gradual automation.
From recording to finished work
Podcasters record; the agency handles post-production and distribution. In the March 3 interview, Adithyan Ilangovan says the team worked manually for two to three months before identifying repeatable steps for AI and other tools.
He reports roughly 80% automation alongside human polish. The interview gives no task-by-task breakdown; that percentage is not a measured profit margin or staffing reduction.
A monthly service subscription
The quoted typical package was $2,500–$3,000 per month for four episodes, with additional work billed separately. About $14,500 MRR was the founder’s reported recurring revenue at that time.
The sequence matters: understand delivery, automate repeated work, then retain human attention to preferences and quality. Revenue and automation figures were not audited by BitShovel.
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Retained summary and context
Revenue, automation share, and acquisition claims are founder-reported and unaudited; one success story does not show that every service can be productized.
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- · The first technical product failed, so the team manually delivered full post-production for podcasters.
- · After identifying stable repeatable steps, the team automated about 80% while retaining human polish and client relationships.
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The podcast service starts after recording; Suno Speech generates voice from text. Compare scoring together or leaving music for post-production, including the different starting points and human choices.
