-Ownership and portability of data: Next-generation platforms have already begun shifting to more data-portable models. Substack, for example, gives writers total ownership over their audiences and allows them to take their email list of subscribers with them if they ever decide to leave the platform; furthermore, writers use their own Stripe... See more

Privacy tech is hot, but it’s unclear what consumers’ willingness to pay or care is. Right now, companies make money and scale faster delivering enterprise solutions. GDPR and CCPA compliance is top of mind, along with the desire to mitigate legal risk. Some products in the space sit as wrappers or analytics layers on existing data assets — BigID... See more

This gives the companies more control over hosting and distribution of podcasts, which will allow for better targeting and dynamic insertion for ads. Under this new paradigm, advertisers can achieve the same level of targeting and scale available on the Facebooks and YouTubes of the world.