What Talkadot does

Talkadot operates a two-sided data-driven speaker booking marketplace that connects professional speakers with event planners. The platform's core mechanic is audience feedback collection via reusable QR codes displayed during talks, achieving a 99% completion rate, which is then processed through AI to generate lead qualification, automated follow-up, testimonial assets, and AI summaries. This feedback data populates data-rich speaker profiles that are surfaced in a marketplace of 10,000+ speakers, enabling event planners to compare candidates based on verified audience outcomes rather than curated testimonials.

The company offers four subscription tiers to speakers—Lite (free), Essentials ($199/year), Pro ($588/year), and Elite ($1,188/year)—with higher tiers unlocking more reusable feedback links, email collection capacity, smart proposals, AI summaries, and reduced marketplace commission rates. Event planners access the marketplace and a Shortlist Service (private beta) at no cost, while Talkadot earns commissions (20-30%) on bookings routed through the platform. The product integrates with Zapier, SpeakerFlow, Calendly, and YouCanBookMe to extend workflow utility. To date, the platform has aggregated 1.58M+ audience responses across 41K+ events, with speakers having presented at 21K+ organizations including DoorDash, Zillow, Airbnb, Uber, and Google.

Talkadot is a privately held, bootstrapped company (Talkadot Corp.) headquartered in Las Vegas with 1-10 employees. It was co-founded by Arel Moodie (Business Development & Content, professional speaker and best-selling author), Pokin Yeung (Product & Operations, prior founder with a venture sold to Penn National Gaming), and Jared Kalef (Engineering, former VP Engineering and employee #1 at JungleScout). Distribution is driven by a freemium product-led growth motion, content marketing, weekly live demos, the Unicorn Speaker Community, and GTM partnerships with NSA, MPI, SPIN, and Destination Michigan. Annual in-person training event Talkacon 2026 is scheduled for February 11, 2026.

Name

Talkadot

Legal name

Talkadot Corp.

Website

https://talkadot.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Talkadot is a data-driven speaker booking platform that uses QR-code-based audience feedback and AI to help professional speakers capture leads, build data-rich profiles, and get discovered by event planners through a marketplace of 10,000+ verified speakers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speaker Booking Platform

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Abstract, Speaker & Session Management Systems (THAHAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conversational Marketing & Chat Lead Capture (Chatbots, Live Chat) (BPAFAKAJ), Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Speaker booking platform
• Audience feedback software
• Event marketplace platform
• Lead capture tools
• Event planner software

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Speaker Subscription Plans: Four-tier annual subscription model for speakers: Lite (free), Essentials ($199/year), Pro ($588/year), and Elite ($1,188/year). Higher tiers include more reusable feedback links, email collection limits, smart proposals, and post-event follow-up emails. Revenue is recurring annual subscriptions with proration for upgrades.
2. Platform Commission on Bookings: Talkadot earns commissions when speakers are booked through the marketplace. Commission rates vary by plan (20% for Elite, 30% for Essentials). Planners pay no fees; the commission is taken from the speaker's fee. This aligns Talkadot's success with speaker bookings.
3. Lead Capture Services: Free for speakers on direct leads they generate themselves (0% commission on self-sourced leads). Talkadot only earns commission when planners discover speakers through the marketplace and book them.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Talkadot is a data-driven speaker booking platform that lets professional speakers capture verified audience feedback via reusable QR codes after each talk, automatically qualifies high-intent leads through AI, and surfaces speakers in a marketplace where event planners can discover, vet, and book them using objective third-party performance data. The core SaaS product (Lite, Essentials, Pro, Elite tiers) is sold to speakers, while event planners access the marketplace and shortlist service at no cost, with Talkadot earning commissions on bookings.

Product overview

Talkadot is a speaker booking platform and marketplace built on real audience data. The platform consists of a core booking marketplace connecting event planners with professional speakers, supplemented by a tiered SaaS product suite (Lite, Essentials, Pro, Elite) that provides speakers with tools to capture audience feedback via QR codes, identify qualified leads through AI-powered analysis, and build verified profiles with real performance data. Key products include the Talkadot Platform (main marketplace), Talkadot Profile (speaker booking pages), QR Code Feedback System (audience survey collection), AI Summaries (automated feedback analysis), Smart Proposals (AI-generated booking proposals), and Hot Lead Identification (qualified prospect flagging). The platform integrates with Zapier, SpeakerFlow, Calendly, and YouCanBookMe for workflow automation. Talkadot serves over 12,000+ speakers and has collected 1.58M+ attendee feedback across 41K+ events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talkadot Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Speakers average 2 qualified leads per 100 audience members
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MPI (Meeting Professionals International)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerTalkadot has partnered with MPI to provide planners an effortless way to book data-backed speakers with confidence. MPI is a leading global community for meeting and event professionals.
• SPIN (Special Events Network)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with SPIN to promote data-driven speaker sourcing among special events professionals. Collaborations focus on helping speakers and event planners succeed through shared data, insights, and measurable outcomes.
• Destination MichigancoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Destination Michigan to offer planners in the Michigan region tools to book verified speakers with confidence. Part of broader initiative to partner with event planner organizations.
• ZapiercoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership allowing Talkadot users to sync feedback and leads directly with their CRM and other tools via Zapier's automation platform.
• SpeakerFlowcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with SpeakerFlow, a CRM and business management platform for professional speakers, allowing seamless data sync between platforms.
• NSA (National Speakers Association)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerTalkadot is recognized and used by NSA members as the data-driven way to book speakers. NSA is the premier professional organization for speakers worldwide.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large-scale ticketing and event management platform serving millions of organizers globally. It overlaps with Talkadot's planner-side use cases around event execution, though it does not currently focus on professional speaker booking.
• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an enterprise event experience platform offering registration, agenda, and engagement tools for corporate events. It is comparable as a broader event-tech incumbent serving the same enterprise event planner persona Talkadot targets on the demand side.
• Cvent: Cvent is a leading enterprise event management platform handling registration, venue sourcing, and attendee management for large organizations. While broader in scope than Talkadot, Cvent overlaps on the event planner workflow and could expand into speaker sourcing as a feature.

Emerging players

• SurveyMonkey: SurveyMonkey is a general-purpose survey and feedback platform that overlaps with Talkadot's QR-code audience feedback feature on the supply-side tooling. While not a marketplace competitor, it represents an alternative for speakers seeking feedback collection without Talkadot's booking and lead-matching layer.

Direct peers

• Premiere Speakers Bureau: Premiere Speakers Bureau is one of the largest North American speaker bureaus, representing hundreds of keynote speakers and serving corporate and association event planners. It is a direct competitor on the planner booking side with established agency relationships.
• BigSpeak Speakers Bureau: BigSpeak is an online speaker bureau connecting event planners with keynote speakers, athletes, and entertainers. It competes head-to-head with Talkadot on the planner-to-speaker booking flow, though without Talkadot's audience-feedback data layer.
• SpeakerHub: SpeakerHub is a speaker directory and booking marketplace for professional speakers, targeting the same speaker and event-planner personas as Talkadot. It provides speaker profiles and search functionality but lacks the feedback-driven verification layer that distinguishes Talkadot.
• All American Speakers Bureau: All American Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker agency offering keynote, motivational, and business speakers. It targets the same corporate and association event planner customers as Talkadot's marketplace.
• eSpeakers: eSpeakers operates a speaker bureau management platform and directory that competes directly with Talkadot's marketplace and SaaS suite. It serves professional speakers with booking tools, CRM, and planner-matching services, overlapping closely on target customers and core functionality.
• Gotham Artists: Gotham Artists is a speaker and entertainment booking agency that vets and represents speakers for corporate events. It operates in the same supply-demand matching space as Talkadot's marketplace, with an emphasis on traditional agency representation versus Talkadot's data-led self-serve model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/talkadot
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/talkadot

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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