Breaker
AcquiredYC W17San Francisco, US · Founded 2016 · 1 employees · 5 known investors
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Breaker is an app for discovering and listening to podcasts, with plans to offer exclusive premium audio content on a paid subscription basis to listeners and provide publishers with analytics and community engagement tools.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocial MediaMediaPodcastsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W17)
Breaker was founded in 2016 by Leah Culver.
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Leah Culverin𝕏Founder and CTO2016–2020Leah Culver is an iOS and Python developer who contributed to the OAuth and oEmbed standards. She has held engineering roles at Twitter, Dropbox, and Pownce, and founded Breaker (YC W17) and Convore (YC W11); she also serves as an angel investor.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Breaker do?
- Breaker is an app for discovering and listening to podcasts, with plans to offer exclusive premium audio content on a paid subscription basis to listeners and provide publishers with analytics and community engagement tools.
- Who founded Breaker?
- Breaker was founded by Leah Culver in 2016.
- Who are Breaker's investors?
- Breaker's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Main Sequence Ventures, Y Combinator, ACE & Company, SE Ventures.
- Where is Breaker headquartered?
- Breaker is headquartered in San Francisco, US.





