Release ledger
Every week, what shipped
33 updates, newest first. Each one opens the full notes.
October 2026
- LatestAsk Mato reads your documents, a new Ideas page, and clip creditsAttach a question document and Ask Mato prepares the interview in your exact wording. Ideas has its own page, built from research on your company. Social clips now run on monthly clip credits.
- A startup path to your first podcastEligible startups can use Mato’s Business plan for three months with no subscription fee and four published episodes included each month.
September 2026
- Mato Voice, a better public player, and steadier episode generationMato Voice and Voice Studio are now public, show embeds fit their platform links into one row, and episode generation keeps a host voice stable through retries.
- Bring Mato into your AI assistant, with clearer review handoffsMato added workspace-controlled MCP access, assistant-side cards where supported, a smoother manual review handoff, and more reliable Apple catalog checks.
- More free tools, interview-led episode ideas, and cleaner publishingMato expanded its no-signup tools, turned completed interviews into episode suggestions, added guest research detail, and kept published episodes and transcripts in sync.
August 2026
- Embed player, guest brief builder, and workflow clipsMato added a player across its public listening surfaces, a browser-only guest brief builder, three workflow clips, and targeted scripted-episode recovery.
- Free planning tools, better guest discovery, and a new Mato lookMato launched a public hub for podcast planning tools and expanded the Guest Hub with more sourcing signals. Talent pages gained reviewed portraits and motion previews, while the public site moved into the new V3 design.
- Build the first three episodes before committing to a showMato added free planning tools for a three-episode pilot and a stronger interview-question guide. Guest sourcing and article production also moved closer to a complete review workflow.
- An article workspace, a voice lab, and better production controlsMato gained a structured article-writing workspace and a larger set of voice-production tools. New admin controls make long-running voice jobs easier to resume, review, and move through production safely.
- Podcast charts, shareable reports, and interviews that keep the endingMato added public Apple Podcasts charts and private share links for podcast analytics. Interview capture also became more dependable, especially during reconnects and the final moments of a session.
July 2026
- Ads that slot into episodes at listen time, real chapter titles, and the midnight schedule bugDynamic ad insertion shipped end to end this week, from show-level defaults down to per-episode overrides with a choice of where the pre-roll lands. Episodes now carry real chapter titles instead of Part 1 and Part 2, and shows scheduled for midnight finally publish.
- Longer sessions, tighter audio, and a security deep diveCo-host sessions can now run up to 45 minutes. Custom intro music no longer cuts over the host. And a full security audit locked down cross-tenant access, SSRF vectors, and admin routes.
- AI presenter clips, smarter co-host, and clip management that worksSocial clips now feature an animated AI host that speaks your script on camera. The co-host got a full voice and behavior overhaul. And you can finally delete individual clips and select batches in bulk.
June 2026
- Chart rankings, co-host memory, and AI-generated social imagesYour podcast's Apple Podcasts chart rank now shows up in the app, with milestone celebration emails when you start charting. The AI co-host got a command center, a full memory browser, and an episode assembly pipeline. And Social Content can now generate static images alongside video clips.
- Record with your AI co-host, edit social clips line by line, and scripts that sound like peopleThis week shipped the full AI co-host recording experience from prep to live room, rebuilt the social content editor with timed script editing and AI rewrite, and added a whole-script humanizer pass that catches machine-sounding dialogue patterns.
- AI co-host arrives, social clips get an editor, and interviews get smarterThis week ships the AI Co-Host feature from foundation to settings to the podcast home page, a full social content editor with editable scripts and B-roll replacement, and smarter interview topic generation that actually knows your show.
- Smarter interviews, reliable recording, and a fresh podcast wizardThis week we shipped a redesigned podcast creation wizard, a major reliability overhaul for live interview recording, an AI email scheduling agent for booking guests, and cross-episode memory for your AI interview host.
May 2026
- A new way to generate episodes, bulletproof interview recording, and a theme suggestions fix that took seven PRsThis week brought a completely rebuilt episode generation page, rolling interview recording segments that survive disconnects, and the final fix for interview theme suggestions that had been returning placeholder content since launch.
- A smarter episode workflow, faster audio, and better hostsThis week brings a completely redesigned episode generation experience, AI-powered interview topic suggestions, and major reliability improvements to audio production and voice assignment.
- Interviews, distribution reliability, and a new face for MatoThis week brings a fully automated interview guest pipeline, a dramatically more reliable Mato distribution system, comprehensive dark mode support across the app, and a completely redesigned marketing website.
- Record, schedule, and ship. Your podcast workflow just got a whole lot fasterThis week we shipped a full drag-and-drop episode calendar, video recording for live interviews with automatic clip generation, and a completely overhauled Help Center. Plus: a critical generation fix, a more reliable billing flow, and a slew of under-the-hood improvements that keep everything running smoothly.
April 2026
- A full email engine, live web search, and a sharper sign-up experienceThis week ships a complete lifecycle email engagement system that keeps your team informed from the moment they sign up through every podcast milestone. We also added a per-podcast live web search toggle, a redesigned sign-up page, and a raft of auth and billing fixes.
- Smarter talent, sharper audio, and a rebuilt podcast playerThis week brings distinctive AI-generated host avatars, accurate chapter timing, a fully rebuilt embeddable audio player, and a wave of polish improvements across the podcast creation wizard and distribution pipeline.
- Publish everywhere, see everything, and sound even betterThis week brings one-click social media publishing for your clips, a full analytics dashboard for your podcast shows and episodes, and a completely rebuilt audio player with embeddable playback. Plus a wave of reliability improvements across the board.
March 2026
- A smarter way to create podcasts, plus polish across the boardThis week we shipped a completely redesigned podcast creation experience powered by AI website analysis, a new analytics dashboard for admins, and a wave of fixes that make everything from cover art to social clips look and work better.
- Social clips, smarter scheduling, and richer interviewsThis week delivers a complete social video editing experience, a more powerful episode scheduling system driven by AI suggestions, and deeper context for your interview guests. Plus a wave of quality improvements across the board.
- Publish everywhere, sound better, move fasterThis week delivers full podcast distribution to major directories, auto-publishing so episodes go live without manual steps, cloud-rendered social video clips, and a wave of audio quality and script improvements.
- Smarter AI, sharper audio, faster episodesThis week brings a major AI engine upgrade with live web research during episode creation, significantly more reliable Gemini audio generation, and a wave of stability fixes across the entire production pipeline.
February 2026
- A new look, smarter audio, and seamless reconnectionsThis week we launched a full platform rebrand to Mato, shipped professional audio post-production, fixed interview disconnects so sessions never get cut short, and squashed a wave of production bugs across the board.
- Production-ready polish and AI editor superpowersThis week brings major reliability improvements with multi-step transcript processing, AI-powered inline script editing, and a brand-new system for extracting visual identity from your website. Plus critical bug fixes that keep your episodes hitting their target duration.
- Edit like a pro with our new script editorWe've completely rebuilt the script editing experience with a powerful new editor that lets you fine-tune every word, emotion, and sound in your podcast. Plus major improvements to interview workflows and audio quality.
- More voices, better audio, and AI cover artThis week brings major improvements to voice quality with AI-powered voice direction, an expanded library of 29 Gemini voices, and smarter podcast cover generation. Plus critical audio fixes and infrastructure upgrades.