# Rockbot

> Rockbot is an Oakland-based B2B media platform that powers the music, TV, digital signage, and on-premise advertising playing inside more than 50,000 business locations - from gyms and bars to national retail chains. Founded in 2010 as a social jukebox app, it has grown into a multi-product media operating system for brick-and-mortar venues.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, California, United States
- **Founders:** Garrett Dodge (Co-founder & CEO), Ketu Patel (Co-founder & CTO), Gene Folgo (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** approx. 130 employees
- **Products:** Music for Business, Rockbot Request, Rockbot TV, Digital Signage, Audio Messaging
- **Notable:** Catalog of 18M+ songs licensed for commercial business use, Network spanning 50,000+ business locations (reported), Featured on Amazon Fire TV Appstore as Rockbot Display

## Products & services

- **Music for Business** — Fully licensed streaming background music with curated stations, scheduling, and multi-location control.
- **Rockbot Request** — Mobile jukebox feature that lets venue guests browse the catalog, request songs, and vote on the queue from their phones.
- **Rockbot TV** — Business-grade streaming TV with curated channels - sports, news, music videos, lifestyle - tuned for on-premise viewing.
- **Digital Signage** — Cloud-managed signage with templates, scheduling, and multi-screen orchestration for storefronts and back-of-house.
- **Audio Messaging** — Branded in-store announcements and promos scheduled into the music rotation.
- **Retail Media / Advertising** — An advertising platform that turns the venue's screens and speakers into a hyperlocal media network.

## Achievements

- Catalog of 18M+ songs licensed for commercial business use
- Network spanning 50,000+ business locations (reported)
- Featured on Amazon Fire TV Appstore as Rockbot Display
- Backed by Google Ventures and Universal Music Group

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Expanded retail media advertising platform with hyperlocal targeting for in-venue screens.
- **2023-09** — Released unified TV + signage + music dashboard for multi-location chains.

## Links

- Website: https://rockbot.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockbot
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/getrockbot
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockbot
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getrockbot/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetRockbot

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Last updated: 2026-05-23