LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) and Subsidiary PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) Launch PodcastOneAI, Unlocking 200,000+ Hours Across $20B+ AI Training and $40B+ Data Monetization Markets
Rhea-AI Summary
PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) launched PodcastOneAI on April 30, 2026, a platform to convert its catalog into licensed training and monetizable assets across AI ecosystems.
The company targets > $20B AI training and $40B data monetization markets and positions 200,000+ hours of content for licensing, royalties, ads and sponsorships.
Positive
- $20B AI training market targeted
- $40B data monetization market targeted
- Platform aims to monetize 200,000+ hours of content
- Built-in multiple revenue streams: licensing, royalties, ads
Negative
- Reliance on largest OEM customer for substantial revenue
- Uncertainty over future financing and convertible debentures
- Potential going-concern risks disclosed by management
- Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation unavailable due to variability
News Market Reaction – PODC
On the day this news was published, PODC gained 14.05%, reflecting a significant positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +11.4% during that session. Our momentum scanner triggered 15 alerts that day, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility. This price movement added approximately $12M to the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $96.48M at that time. Trading volume was very high at 3.3x the daily average, suggesting strong buying interest.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | Content series launch | Positive | -9.9% | Launch of BabyGang six-part podcast event with Becca Tobin and LadyGang. |
| Apr 21 | Milestone achievement | Positive | +0.0% | Dr. Gundry Podcast marks 400th episode, reinforcing PODC’s health content footprint. |
| Mar 26 | Streaming partnership | Positive | -4.7% | LiveOne to stream 60+ TBL boxing events across 200+ countries for monetization. |
| Mar 19 | Contract renewal | Positive | -1.7% | Renewed exclusive sales and distribution deal with A+E Networks for five podcasts. |
| Mar 05 | Podcast acquisitions | Positive | -2.5% | Acquisition of four podcasts in multi-year deals, lifting network to 208 shows. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Recent positive content, partnership, and acquisition announcements have frequently coincided with negative 24-hour price reactions, indicating a pattern of selling into good news.
Over the last two months, PODC has issued a series of growth-focused updates. These include new podcast acquisitions bringing the network to 208 shows, renewals with A+E Networks covering podcasts with over 200 million combined downloads, and a global streaming partnership via parent LiveOne spanning 200+ countries. Despite these seemingly constructive developments, 24-hour reactions often skewed negative, with moves of -2.53%, -1.69%, and -4.68%. Today’s AI-focused launch fits the pattern of strategic expansion around monetizing a large content library.
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Positioning Both Companies to Drive High-Margin Revenue Across Hyperscalers, Enterprise, Media and Government
LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) and its subsidiary PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), a leading podcast network and media platform, have launched PodcastOneAI, a proprietary AI platform designed to convert its extensive audio and video catalog into scalable, monetizable assets across the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence ecosystem.
PodcastOneAI leverages more than 100,000 hours of premium, brand-safe content to meet increasing demand from hyperscalers, enterprise platforms, media companies and government organizations seeking high-quality training data and licensed content solutions.
The platform is structured to generate multiple high-margin revenue streams, including upfront licensing agreements, recurring royalties, advertising integrations and strategic sponsorships, while expanding distribution across AI and large language model ecosystems.
“PodcastOneAI represents a transformative step in unlocking the full value of our content library,” said Robert Ellin, Executive Chairman of PodcastOne. “AI models face content shortages as Disney, Paramount, Netflix and Warner restrict access driving urgent demand from Google, Meta and Amazon for licensed content bundles. We are positioning PodcastOne at the center of the AI content economy by making our premium catalog AI-ready, enabling scalable monetization while significantly expanding our global reach.”
About LiveOne
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO) is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment, and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide and live and virtual events. LiveOne's subsidiaries include Slacker, PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC), PPVOne, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive and DayOne Music Publishing. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Spotify, Samsung, Amazon Fire, Android TV, and through STIRR's OTT applications. For more information, visit liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter at @liveone. For more investor information, please visit ir.liveone.com.
About PodcastOne
PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) is a leading podcast platform that provides creators and advertisers with a comprehensive 360-degree solution in sales, marketing, public relations, production, and distribution. PodcastOne has surpassed 3.9 billion total downloads with a community of 200 top podcasters, including Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Jordan Harbinger, LadyGang, A&E's Cold Case Files, and Varnamtown. PodcastOne has built a distribution network reaching over 1 billion monthly impressions across all channels, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeartRadio. PodcastOne is also the parent company of PodcastOne Pro which offers fully customizable production packages for brands, professionals, or hobbyists. For more information, visit www.podcastone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X at @podcastone.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are “forward-looking statements,” which may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “might,” “will,” “will likely result,” “would,” “should,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “could,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “contemplate,” “predict,” “potential,” “target” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including: LiveOne’s reliance on its largest OEM customer for a substantial percentage of its revenue; LiveOne’s ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, merger, distribution or transaction, the timing of the consummation of any such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to the consummation of any such event would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all, or that the consummation of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, merger, special dividend, distribution or transaction will not occur or whether any such event will enhance stockholder value; LiveOne’s ability to continue as a going concern; LiveOne’s ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of its users and paid members; LiveOne identifying, acquiring, securing and developing content; LiveOne’s ability to implement its announced digital asset treasury strategy and/or purchase digital assets from time to time pursuant to such strategy, including for the maximum announced amount, and other risks related to such strategy; LiveOne’s intent to repurchase shares of its and/or PodcastOne’s common stock from time to time under LiveOne’s announced stock repurchase program and the timing, price, and quantity of repurchases, if any, under the program; LiveOne’s ability to maintain compliance with certain financial and other debt covenants; LiveOne successfully implementing its growth strategy, including relating to its technology platforms and applications; management’s relationships with industry stakeholders; LiveOne’s ability to repay its indebtedness when due; LiveOne’s ability to satisfy the conditions for closing on its announced additional convertible debentures financing; uncertain and unfavorable outcomes in legal proceedings and/or LiveOne’s ability to pay any amounts due in connection with any such legal proceedings; significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty and risks related to Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets; regulatory developments related to digital assets and digital asset markets; changes in economic conditions; competition; risks and uncertainties applicable to the businesses of LiveOne’s subsidiaries; and other risks, uncertainties and factors including, but not limited to, those described in LiveOne’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 15, 2025, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2025, and in LiveOne’s other filings and submissions with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and LiveOne disclaims any obligation to update these statements, except as may be required by law. LiveOne intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
* About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), we present Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), which are non-GAAP financial measures, as measures of our performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, operating loss and or net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measures of our cash flows or liquidity.
We use Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the performance of our operating segments. We believe that information about these non-GAAP financial measures assists investors by allowing them to evaluate changes in the operating results of our business separate from non-operational factors that affect operating income (loss) and net income (loss), thus providing insights into both operations and the other factors that affect reported results. Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated or presented in accordance with GAAP. A limitation of the use of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain amortizing assets used in generating revenue in our business. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, this measure may vary among other companies; thus, Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Contribution Margin (Loss) is defined as Revenue less Cost of Sales before (a) Cost of Sales share-based compensation expense, (b) depreciation, and (c) amortization of developed technology. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, other (income) expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and before (a) non-cash GAAP purchase accounting adjustments for certain deferred revenue and costs, (b) legal, accounting and other professional fees directly attributable to acquisition activity, (c) employee severance payments and third party professional fees directly attributable to acquisition or corporate realignment activities, (d) certain non-recurring expenses associated with legal settlements or reserves for legal settlements in the period that pertain to historical matters that existed at acquired companies prior to their purchase date and a one-time minimum guarantee to effectively terminate a live events distribution agreement post COVID-19, and (e) certain stock-based compensation expense. Management does not consider these costs to be indicative of our core operating results.
With respect to projected quarter, nine-month and full Fiscal 2026 Adjusted EBITDA, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to purchase accounting adjustments, acquisition-related charges and legal settlement reserves excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect that the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
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