What Breakout does

Breakout, operated by BreakOut Global Technologies Inc. (Delaware-incorporated, headquartered in Tampa, Florida), is an Audio Social Networking platform available on iOS and Android that lets users create and join live audio rooms, drop into real-time conversations, fact-check via an in-app Bee Search engine, and interact through an Activity Feed, BChat messaging, Audio Hooks (24-hour audio stories), and Tribe communities. The platform is built around creator-facing primitives including Premium Rooms (paid/gated audio), a Creator Wallet for earnings tracking, BeeTokens gamification, badges, and verified profiles, plus a separate Breakout Marketplace website connecting audio creators with brands. The company also runs AdServices (pay-for-result advertising on Bee Search) and a Data Vault partnership licensing patented ADIO technology to enable users to value and trade their own behavioral data.

The business model spans four streams: transaction fees on Premium Rooms, marketplace commissions on creator-to-brand bookings (service price points cited at $100–$1,000+), AdServices advertising revenue, and a data-monetization layer via the Data Vault/ADIO marketplace exchange. GTM is product-led and community-led: the core app is free, distribution runs through Apple and Google app stores plus a web marketplace, and customer segments span creators/influencers, businesses/brands, nonprofits (with embedded Stripe donation capture), and general consumer listeners. Go-to-market assets include content marketing (blog), an affiliate assets program, email capture, and named thought-leader participants (e.g., Brad Lea, Josh Feuerstein, Cody Harvey, Arpan Shah, Victoria Vo).

The company was founded in 2020, employs 11–50 people, and has raised approximately $3.82M cumulatively through three SEC Form D exempt/private offerings (2022, January 2023, and July 2024). Privacy posture includes GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA compliance. No revenue is publicly disclosed, no acquisitions or major institutional venture rounds appear in the data, and the 2024 raise was undersubscribed, together suggesting early-stage commercial traction rather than scale.

Name

Breakout

Legal name

BreakOut Global Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://breakout.fm

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Breakout is a free audio social networking app where creators, brands, nonprofits, and listeners host and join live audio rooms, with monetization through Premium Rooms, an Influencer Marketplace, Bee Search ads, and a Data Vault data-trading layer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audio Social Networking

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Media Representatives (541840)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Drop-in Live Audio Social Platforms (Open Rooms/Stages) (MPACAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creator Tools & Monetization Platforms (Podcasts/Audio) (MPAIADAG), Audio Social Monetization (Tips, Subscriptions, Gifting) (MPACAEAJ), Live Audio & Social Audio Platforms (MPAIADAD)

Keywords

• Audio social networking
• Live audio rooms
• Creator monetization platform
• Influencer marketplace
• Data monetization platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Premium Rooms / Paid Content: Creators can host premium/paying audio rooms and charge for exclusive gated content. Revenue is tracked through the Creator wallet feature. Hosts can yield the microphone to selected participants.
2. Data Monetization: Users own their data generated from interactions and can sell it through the Marketplace Exchange. Data includes user preferences, interests, habits, and cross-platform data. Breakout takes a portion of revenue from data sales and returns part to users through the Data Vault partnership.
3. Marketplace Commissions: The Influencer Marketplace connects brands with audio creators. Creators list services (speaking, podcasting, coaching, etc.) and businesses book them. The platform facilitates these transactions.
4. AdServices: Advertising services on the BeeSearch platform. Businesses can advertise globally and pay for results. Analytics dashboard tracks campaign performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Breakout operates an Audio Social Networking (ASN) platform where users can create, host, and join live audio rooms for real-time drop-in conversations with influencers, industry leaders, and global community members. The platform supports creator monetization through Premium Rooms (paid gated audio content), a Breakout Influencer Marketplace connecting creators with brands, and a data monetization layer via the Data Vault partnership using patented ADIO technology. Additional features include Bee Search for in-room fact-checking, BChat messaging, Audio Hooks (24-hour audio stories), Activity Feed, Creator Wallet, Badge Store, and Tribe community tools.

Product overview

Breakout is a unified Audio Social Networking (ASN) platform combining social audio rooms, creator monetization, and data ownership. The core platform (Breakout) enables live audio room creation and participation, supported by Bee Search for in-room fact-checking. Creator monetization flows through Premium Rooms (paid gated content), Breakout Marketplace (influencer-brand collaborations), and Breakout Tokens (engagement rewards). Data Vault adds a data monetization layer via ADIO technology, allowing users to sell their data through a marketplace exchange. Additional features include BChat messaging, Audio Hooks (24-hour audio stories), Activity Feed, Creator Wallet, Badge Store, and Tribe community features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bee Search: An in-app search engine that provides fact-checking and information lookup capabilities without leaving the audio room.
• Data Vault
• Bee Tokens
• Breakout Marketplace
• AdServices
• Analytics

Products and services

• Breakout Audio Social Network

Quantifiable outcome

• Global data marketplace projected to reach $234 billion by 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Data VaultcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic media data partnership with Data Vault providing patented ADIO technology for data valuation, visualization, and monetization. Data Vault provides exclusive patented IPs that combine real-time data valuation and monetization capabilities at users' fingertips. Breakout integrates this technology to enable users to sell their data through the platform's Marketplace Exchange.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Discord: Offers voice channels and audio rooms within community servers, serving creators and communities that overlap with Breakout's target segments. Significantly larger user base and stronger network effects.
• LinkedIn (Audio Events): Bundles audio events into the professional networking platform. Targets the professional creator and brand-engagement segments that Breakout's Business customer segment also serves.
• Twitter / X Spaces: Bundles drop-in audio rooms into a much larger social platform with hundreds of millions of users. Competes head-on with Breakout for creator attention but with vastly greater distribution and capital.
• Spotify (Live / Greenroom): Operates audio live rooms inside the Spotify music streaming ecosystem. Competes for the same creator audience with the backing of Spotify's massive distribution and licensing infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Clubhouse: Pioneer of drop-in live audio social networking. Clubhouse offers the same core use case (live audio rooms with speakers and audience) and is the most directly comparable product to Breakout's primary offering.
• Fireside: Live audio social platform with creator monetization features including paid rooms and tipping—directly comparable to Breakout's Premium Rooms and creator wallet.
• Geneva: Group audio social app focused on communities, fandoms, and creators—directly comparable to Breakout's audio-room-based community building. Operates at smaller scale than Breakout in some respects but is a focused audio community platform.

Emerging players

• Patreon: Subscription-based creator monetization platform. Overlaps with Breakout's Premium Rooms in enabling creators to charge audiences for gated content, though Patreon is broader in scope.
• Riverside.fm: Audio and video recording platform popular with podcasters and creators. Overlaps with Breakout's creator-tooling use case, though it focuses on recording quality rather than live social networking.
• Splice: Creator-economy platform with marketplace and monetization features. Comparable in its creator-first monetization approach and marketplace model to Breakout's Influencer Marketplace.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/breakoutsocial

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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