Pierson Marks
Co-founder and CEO
Pierson started Jellypod to make the podcasts he wanted to hear but could not find. He leads the company as CEO. Articles by Pierson
About Jellypod
Jellypod is the content platform built for AI-native creators
Give it a topic, a document, or a script. Your characters turn it into finished podcasts, videos, shorts, and voiceovers in 121 languages, ready to publish.
4.6out of 5 on G2
What Jellypod does
Four products share one studio, one cast of characters, and one publishing pipeline.
AI podcasts
Describe an episode or attach a PDF, URL, or YouTube video. The Podcast Agent researches it, writes a multi-host script, and generates the audio. Edit any line afterward and regenerate its audio for free.
AI videos
Turn a PDF, slide deck, URL, or prompt into a narrated, illustrated video of 3 to 25 minutes, in one of 16 visual styles. Captions sync word by word, and you can regenerate one scene while the rest stays as it is.
Shorts
Make a vertical 30-second or 1-minute short from a prompt, file, or script, with animated visuals, word-synced captions, and an original score. Ready for TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.
Voiceovers
Bring the PDFs, slides, or images you already have. Jellypod keeps each page on screen and times new narration to it, so a training deck becomes a narrated video without a rebuild.
Characters and voices
Give a character a name, backstory, personality, and voice, then cast it in any format. Pick from 3,300+ library voices, each tuned to one language and accent across 121 languages, design one from a description, or clone your own voice, which speaks every supported language.
Hosting, distribution, and analytics
Every show gets a podcast website with five templates and an RSS feed for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, with no separate host to pay for. One dashboard shows plays over time, top countries, and the apps people listen in.
Automations
Write the prompt once and pick a schedule or an inbound email address. Jellypod produces each new episode, video, or short, so a recurring show keeps publishing without a weekly production session.
API and MCP
The REST API and OpenAPI spec let developers create podcasts, videos, shorts, and voiceovers from their own code (Creator plan and above). The MCP server lets an AI assistant start a generation and return the finished media in a chat.
Not an AI slop generator
Jellypod handles the undifferentiated heavy lifting of making high-quality content, so you go from 0% to 90% very quickly. The studio gives you the tools to add your own touch, and Jellypod uses AI to amplify your voice.
Script editing
Every line of the script is editable. Rewrite a line, reassign a host, or reorder the conversation, then regenerate only what you changed.
Unique music
Add intro, outro, and background music on a timeline, so the episode sounds like your show.
Brand kits
Save your colors and logos once and apply them to your podcast website, videos, and shorts, so everything you publish looks like one brand.
Your characters and voice
Create characters with their own names, backstories, and voices, or clone your own voice, and cast them across every format.
What makes Jellypod different
Drawn from our published comparisons, which also say when a competitor is the better choice.
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One cast of characters across four formats
A Jellypod character keeps its name, backstory, and voice across podcasts, videos, shorts, and voiceovers, and up to four can share one episode. NotebookLM gives you two preset hosts you cannot name or reuse, and ElevenLabs GenFM hosts are not personas you carry across a series.
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Hosting and distribution on every paid plan
Paid plans start at $25/mo billed annually and include a podcast website, an RSS feed, one-click publishing to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, and listener analytics. NotebookLM, Speechify, and NoteGPT produce audio you download or play in their app, so no listener can subscribe to it.
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Every line of the script is editable
Jellypod writes a full script you can edit line by line: rewrite a line, reassign a host, or reorder the conversation, then regenerate only the lines you changed, for free. NotebookLM Audio Overviews are final output that you can only nudge with a prompt.
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Faceless video in 16 styles
Videos run up to 25 minutes in 16 art-directed styles, with nobody on screen and one visual style held from the first scene to the last. HeyGen fits better when a presenter should appear on camera, and NotebookLM Video Overviews run a few minutes with a script you cannot edit.
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Made from written material, not a recording
Jellypod starts from a topic, article, PDF, or URL, so there is nothing to record or clean up. Descript, Riverside, and Async (formerly Podcastle) are the better choice when you already have a recording or remote guests, because Jellypod does not record live audio.
Who uses Jellypod
More than 100K creators use Jellypod. Most fall into these groups.
Teachers and faculty. Lectures, readings, and slides become short episodes students finish. Faculty at Ohio State and KU Leuven use it, and the Educator plan is free for six months.
L&D and training teams. Onboarding and training sessions become podcasts and narrated slide videos the team can replay (L&D use case).
Marketers and small businesses. Blog posts, FAQs, and product knowledge become a branded show. Kaishan USA reached the top 10 in industry search with podcasts (small business use case).
Healthcare and medical communicators. Turn patient education and research papers into episodes. Blue Mountain Psychiatry grew its channel 6x with weekly podcasts (health use case).
Churches and faith leaders. Sunday sermons become episodes and devotionals members hear during the week (faith use case).
Independent creators and niche publishers. The Peach Basket runs an automated basketball podcast, and Reptilium reaches 16,500 monthly listeners.
Local governments and nonprofits. The City of Chattahoochee Hills uses local podcasts to connect residents, and the Covation Center gives microbusinesses a voice-cloned show.
Enterprise teams. Teams that need SSO, SCIM provisioning, centralized billing, and custom contracts use Jellypod Enterprise.
Developers and AI agent builders. Developers and AI agents create content through the API and MCP server.
The team behind Jellypod
Jellypod, Inc. began as a consumer podcast app and grew into a platform for anyone who publishes to an audience.
How it started
Pierson loved podcasts but found few shows on the topics he cared about, because making one takes research, scripting, recording, editing, and publishing. The first Jellypod app, released in 2023, turned the news a listener followed into a personal podcast.
The team rebuilt it as a studio where the creator directs and AI does the production work. Early customers came from news publications, healthcare companies, agencies, universities, and city governments, in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Turkey. Read the full founder story.
December 2023
The first Jellypod app arrives on the Apple App Store, turning the news a listener follows into a personalized podcast.
January 2025
Jellypod Studio launches for creators after two months of private beta.
December 2025
Magic Video, now the AI video generator, opens as a free beta.
March 2026
The Jellypod API opens to developers.
July 2026
Voiceovers and Shorts join podcasts and videos as the third and fourth products.
How Jellypod works
Most people start with a free trial. Larger teams start with a demo.
Step 01
Start a free trial
Sign up to start a 7-day free trial on any plan, with 5,000 credits included. The trial needs a payment method; teachers can instead apply for six free months with no card.Step 02
Create in the studio
Describe what you want, attach sources, and cast your characters. Audio takes a few minutes depending on length, and shorts render in the background.Step 03
Publish and measure
Connect Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube once (approval usually takes a few hours). Every episode you publish then appears there automatically.
Support
Open Help & Support in the studio to chat with the team, email support@jellypod.com, browse the help center, or join the Discord community for live demos and Q&A. Business plans add priority support and a dedicated Slack channel.
Enterprise onboarding
Book a demo and the team runs dedicated onboarding sessions with training materials. Enterprise adds SSO over SAML 2.0 or OIDC, SCIM provisioning, centralized billing, a dedicated customer success manager, and optional SLAs with guaranteed response times.
Frequently asked questions
What is Jellypod?
Jellypod is the content platform built for AI-native creators, where reusable AI characters host podcasts, videos, shorts, and voiceovers. It writes the script, voices it, generates the visuals, and publishes to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and a hosted podcast website.
Isn't this an AI slop generator?
No. Jellypod isn't an AI slop generator. It handles the undifferentiated heavy lifting of making high-quality content, taking you from 0% to 90% very quickly. Then it gives you the tools to add your own touch: script editing, music, brand kits, and your own characters. Jellypod uses AI to amplify your voice.
Who runs Jellypod?
Jellypod is led by co-founder and CEO Pierson Marks. The company behind it is Jellypod, Inc.
How much does Jellypod cost?
All eligible plans start with a 7-day free trial. The Starter, Creator, Business, and Enterprise plans follow, with paid plans from $25/mo billed annually. Credits are charged only when narration and visuals are generated; drafting, editing, publishing, and downloading are free.
How is Jellypod different from NotebookLM?
NotebookLM makes a private Audio Overview with two preset hosts and no script editing. Jellypod lets you edit every line, cast your own characters and cloned voices, and publish the episode to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube with an RSS feed and analytics.
How do I contact Jellypod?
Open Help & Support in the studio to chat with the team, or email support@jellypod.com. For sales and enterprise questions, email contact@jellypod.com; for security documentation or a DPA, email legal@jellypod.ai.
Start creating with Jellypod today
Turn any idea, document, or link into editable, high-quality podcasts and videos. Reach global audiences in your own voice, in 121 languages.