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Pocket FM

Audio-series platform whose Sherpa is an AI story-writing partner for writers of serialized fiction, offering planning, editorial feedback, localisation and audio narration, free to use and in beta.

StageLate-stage

Founded2018

CountryIndia

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Sherpa by Pocket FM Application Sold on its own

  AI writing partner for long-form serialized fiction that plans arcs, tracks characters and world state across episodes, gives editorial feedback, localises stories and adds audio narration, with publishing to Pocket FM; free to use, in beta.

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WLWellSaid LabsUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and WellSaid Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEElevenLabsLate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and ElevenReader both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSpeechifyUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Speechify Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMurf AIEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Murf Voices for Windows both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFlikiUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Fliki both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMagnificUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Magnific Creative Suite both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHeyGenEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and HeyGen Video Translator both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCerencePublicSherpa by Pocket FM and Cerence Text-to-Speech both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDescriptUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Descript both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSynthesiaLate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Synthesia both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRimeUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Mist / Coda both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either; ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareVVEEDEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and VEED both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIIBMPublicSherpa by Pocket FM and IBM Watson Text to Speech both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRespeecherEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and AI Voice Lab both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIAInworld AIUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Realtime TTS both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAAmazonPublicSherpa by Pocket FM and Amazon Polly both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCartesiaEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Sonic / Ink both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and agent platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOOraclePublicSherpa by Pocket FM and OCI Speech both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMubertUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Mubert Fuse both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePLPika LabsLate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Speech Studio both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHAHume AIUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Creator Studio both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMiniMaxPublicSherpa by Pocket FM and MiniMax Audio both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPicsartUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Picsart Storyline both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCutout.ProUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Cutout.Pro both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNCNAVER CloudUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and CLOVA Dubbing both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSASarvam AILate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Sarvam Text to Speech both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSoundverseUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and Soundverse both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHiggsfieldLate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Higgsfield Explainer both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRAResemble AIEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Security Awareness Training both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAdobePublicSherpa by Pocket FM and Adobe Firefly both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGLGaudio LabEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Gaudio Studio Pro both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLlemlistUndisclosedSherpa by Pocket FM and lemlist both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSStepFunLate-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and 阶跃星辰 AI Studio (StepFun AI Studio) both list text to speech; Pocket FM's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBABland AIEarly-stageSherpa by Pocket FM and Bland Speech both list text to speech; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and agent platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare

Closest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.

Sources

Stage, from total funding

Company disclosure · 18 Oct 2026

About page: "$196.5M Raised from leading global investors"; Inc42 reports the same total after its $103M Series D (March 2024). Reports of a later raise are unverified and not recorded.

Valuation

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

Inc42 cites sources for a roughly $750 million valuation after the 2024 Series D; the company does not state one, so none is recorded.

Founded

News reporting · 18 Oct 2026

Inc42 (2026-09-18): the founders started the company in 2018.

Public listing

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

No listing on the pages read; treated as private.

Description

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Sherpa page: "The world's most powerful AI story writing partner."

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