Kevin Smith – Co-Founder of Snipd on Redefining Podcasting With AI

The Casey Adams Show

Listener.com Podcast Network

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Casey Adams Show, I sit down with Kevin Smith — Co-Founder of Snipd, the AI-powered app that’s redefining how we learn from podcasts. After walking away from a safe corporate job, Kevin found himself learning more from podcasts than anywhere else — but forgetting everything he heard. That pain point sparked the vision for Snipd: a tool that uses AI to help you capture insights in real time, revisit powerful moments, and build a lifelong knowledge base from the content you already consume.

In this conversation, Kevin shares how his childhood shaped his entrepreneurial drive, why moving to Zurich changed everything, and what it really takes to build something that stands out in a world dominated by giants like Spotify and YouTube. We dive deep into the future of AI in media, why reflection matters more than passive consumption, and how to build a product that truly serves people.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Snipd and AI in Podcasting
03:03 Building Snipd: The Product and Its Purpose
05:51 From Corporate to Startup: Kevin’s Leap into AI
09:04 Childhood Influences and the Entrepreneurial Spark
11:55 Why Moving to Zurich Changed Everything
14:58 Competing in a Podcasting World Dominated by Giants
17:48 How Video is Reshaping Podcast Discovery
20:57 Building for a Specific Audience: Snipd’s Core Focus
29:42 Commitment, Validation, and Early Traction
31:57 Taking the Leap: Quitting a Stable Job to Build Something New
37:03 From Prototype to Product: Snipd’s First Iteration
46:18 What’s Next for AI in Podcasting — and for Snipd

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Casey Adams Show. Today I am joined by a very special guest, Kevin Smith,
0:07.7	the co-founder of Snipped. Kevin, thank you so much coming to the show today.
0:12.2	Casey, thanks for having me.
0:14.3	Of course, man. So, you know, for those that don't know, Snipt is the AI-powered podcast app.
0:19.3	And, you know, before we really dive in everything, just to give context, you know, we've gotten
0:23.2	to know each other pretty well the last year or so, just both being in the world of
0:26.9	podcasting.
0:27.7	And, you know, when I first came across Snipped, yeah, over a year ago now, I was so intrigued
0:34.2	because I think in this world of podcasting that we both live and breathe in and
0:38.2	sort of the intersection of AI, I was always just fascinated by how you and the team have thought
0:43.5	about the product. And for those that may not know what SNPT is, I know I gave some quick context.
0:49.1	I would love to hear it from your perspective before we really dive into your story in the product
0:53.1	itself. And of course course all things podcasting.
0:56.6	Yeah, very happy to give a brief overview of what SNPT is today.
1:00.8	I mean, the best way to think about it is we're an AI powered podcast app for people whose
1:07.7	main motivation to listen to podcasts is to become more knowledgeable, to learn,
1:12.5	to follow their curiosity. So the feature that we're most known for and where also our name
1:20.1	Snipped comes from is that we help people save and remember the best insights that they hear in
1:26.9	podcasts simply by tapping your headphones.
1:30.4	So to paint you a picture, like for me, myself, I always listen to podcasts while riding my
1:36.3	bike to work every morning. So if an amazing idea comes up, that's the beauty of living in Zurich.
1:44.5	For sure.
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