# Futuri

> Futuri is an Austin-based AI software company that builds tools for the media business - the newsroom, the sound booth, and, increasingly, the sales floor. Founded in 2009 as an interactive-radio startup, it now sells a stack of AI products (TopicPulse, AudioAI, POST, SpotOn, and the newer TopLine revenue engine) to more than 7,000 broadcast and publishing brands across 22 countries. In 2023 it grabbed the industry's attention with RadioGPT, billed as the first fully AI-driven radio host.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Daniel Anstandig (CEO and Founder), Lee Zapis (Co-Founder / Chairman)
- **Team size:** Approximately 110-130 employees
- **Products:** TopicPulse, RadioGPT / AudioAI, POST, SpotOn, TopLine Enterprise
- **Notable:** Launched RadioGPT in February 2023, widely described as the world's first fully AI-driven localized radio content system., Grew to 7,000+ media brands across 22 countries., Built TopicPulse into a content-intelligence engine scanning 250,000+ sources.

## Products & services

- **TopicPulse** — Predictive content-intelligence tool that scans 250,000+ sources to surface trending, local stories and package them for broadcast, social, and video before the competition.
- **RadioGPT / AudioAI** — AI-driven local content system that generates on-air scripts, DJ segments, weather, news, and imaging using AI voices. Launched as RadioGPT in 2023 and rebranded to Futuri AudioAI later that year.
- **POST** — Automatically turns live broadcasts into published podcasts distributed across platforms, aimed at broadcasters who want to extend reach and revenue.
- **SpotOn** — Generates AI spec spots and audio storyboards so sales teams can pitch clients a finished-sounding ad concept and shorten the sales cycle.
- **TopLine Enterprise** — Agentic 'revenue intelligence' platform - AI agents that score prospects, prep sellers, and attribute campaigns to closed revenue for media sales teams.
- **Mobile** — Custom iOS/Android app platform for broadcasters, with push notifications, streaming, and monetization; Mobile v12 launched as an updated standard for broadcaster apps.
- **Listener Driven Radio (LDR)** — The original 'vote for what plays' interactive product that lets audiences shape live programming in real time.
- **Streaming** — Live-audio streaming infrastructure extended to TV broadcasters, digital publishers, and streaming stations.

## Achievements

- Launched RadioGPT in February 2023, widely described as the world's first fully AI-driven localized radio content system.
- Grew to 7,000+ media brands across 22 countries.
- Built TopicPulse into a content-intelligence engine scanning 250,000+ sources.
- Featured by the Reuters Institute, Radio World, Inside Radio, and Freethink for pioneering AI in broadcast.
- Secured private-equity backing from Millpond Equity Partners.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — TopicPulse expanded so media teams can publish more short-form video from trending stories.
- **2025-01** — Company positioned TopLine Enterprise as an agentic revenue-intelligence platform on futuri.ai, extending from content into media sales.
- **2024-04** — Introduced AI tech enabling live on-air interaction between human hosts and AI, per Inside Radio.
- **2023-10** — Rebranded RadioGPT as Futuri AudioAI and broadened it beyond radio.
- **2023-02** — Launched RadioGPT during the height of the ChatGPT wave, with beta partners Alpha Media and Rogers Sports & Media.

## Links

- Website: https://futuri.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/futuriinc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/FUTURIinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FuturiMedia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/futurimedia/

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Last updated: 2026-08-21