Particle launches Radar to make 130,000 podcasts searchable and AI-accessible

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Particle has unveiled a new podcast intelligence platform called Radar, designed to transcribe and analyze over 130,000 podcasts. The platform makes podcast content searchable on the web, opening up audio conversations that were previously difficult to index. Radar also provides access to this content for AI agents through an API and Model Context Protocol (MCP). The move aims to bring podcast data into the broader ecosystem of AI-powered tools and search applications.

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