Podnews reported criticism of Rest for charging users to listen to freely available podcasts without creator opt-in or revenue share; the company reportedly made changes afterward.
SourcePodcast App is for the curious.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Evolve Global, Inc. is a San Francisco-based consumer software company behind Podcast App, one of the largest independent podcast players, and Rest, an AI sleep coach built around CBT-I and science-backed sleep programming.
Primary product
Podcast App
Founded
2017
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
20-30
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Consumer podcasting / mobile audio apps
Offices
4 jobs at Evolve (makers of Podcast App & Rest AI)
Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2018
Latest amount
$125K
Jan 2018 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Founder & CPO
Head of Product
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Marketing
Public signals point to a product-focused, distributed consumer-app team with engineering and design at its core, a strong personalization/discovery emphasis, and a Latin American team identity.
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation policy were found in official sources.
Pricing
Freemium; ad-supported free tier with premium subscription / in-app purchase options.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
US$4M-US$10M (estimated; public sources vary)
Estimated monthly visits
223.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Podnews reported criticism of Rest for charging users to listen to freely available podcasts without creator opt-in or revenue share; the company reportedly made changes afterward.
SourceReadySetLaunch · Jun 2026
A 2026 case study described Evolve as a YC-backed consumer app company, framing Podcast App as a solution to podcast discovery fragmentation and highlighting retention and product-market-fit claims.
Fast Company · May 2026
Fast Company covered the reciprocal relationship between money stress and sleep loss; the piece supports Rest's positioning around sleep as a productivity and health problem.
citybiz · May 2026
Rest released a Sleep Tax Report estimating $428B-$867B in annual productivity losses from poor sleep, with methodology based on workforce and Fortune 500 data.
Chief Marketer · Mar 2026
Chief Marketer described Rest's 'Late Night Mistakes' awareness campaign, creator partnerships, and paid social strategy aimed at insomniacs in the overnight hours.
RevenueCat · Oct 2023
RevenueCat interviewed Martin Siniawski about YC, bootstrapping Streema, and how Podcast App later secured seed funding after YC acceptance.