PodcastTimes, a Portal Site Where Podcasts Can Be "Read," to Exhibit at Japan's Largest Podcast Festival "PODCAST EXPO 2026"

SB Innoventure Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yasuyuki Genda) announced that "PodcastTimes," a portal site aiming to commercialize podcasts by automatically converting them into articles using AI, will exhibit at "PODCAST EXPO 2026," Japan's largest audio content festival, to be held on Saturday, May 9th and Sunday, May 10th, 2026, at the multi-purpose facility "HOME/WORK VILLAGE" in Setagaya, Tokyo.

PodcastTimes will set up a booth in the free area, accessible to all visitors, offering free sticker distribution and user-participatory public recordings.

PodcastTimes stickers for free distribution

Recruiting 100 additional programs for beta testing

On the day of the event, PodcastTimes will recruit programs to participate in its beta test at the "PODCAST EXPO 2026" venue. Currently, 150 programs are participating in PodcastTimes, and as part of service expansion, an additional 100 programs will now be accepted. Through this initiative, the company aims to eventually accept all programs.

Information flyers regarding beta test participation will be distributed at the PodcastTimes booth at the event venue. This service is available for free, so please take this opportunity to use it.

Become a podcaster by participating in public recording!

At the PodcastTimes booth, a public recording of the "PODCAST EXPO 2026 Special Program: Poddeno Shinjin Shucchoban" will be held. The booth will be fully equipped with recording equipment, and visitors will be invited as guests to record a 3-minute program. The recorded program will be immediately published on PodcastTimes and also featured as an article.

■Poddeno Shinjin Shucchoban: https://podcasttimes.jp/programs/149

Please enjoy the unique PodcastTimes experience of having your spoken content immediately turned into an article. Participants in the public recording will receive a "Poddeno Shinjin" sticker and an original PodcastTimes acrylic keyholder (first 100 people each day).

Stickers and acrylic keyholders

"PODCAST EXPO 2026" Overview

Event Name: "PODCAST EXPO 2026"

Dates: Saturday, May 9th and Sunday, May 10th, 2026

Venue: HOME/WORK VILLAGE (2-4-5 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)

About PodcastTimes

PodcastTimes is a podcast portal site born from SoftBank Group's internal entrepreneurship system "SoftBank Innoventure," which "AI-converts into articles" simply by uploading a program. As a "podcast program guide" that helps users discover programs they should listen to now, it creates new encounters between programs and listeners. The beta test started in December 2025, with 150 programs participating, including broadcasters and newspapers (as of May 1st, 2026).

URL: https://podcasttimes.jp/

X: https://x.com/Podcast_timesjp

Contact Information

PodcastTimes Inquiry Desk (Contact: Tano, Suzuki)

info@podcasttimes.jp

*"PodcastTimes" is a service planned for commercialization by SB Innoventure Co., Ltd.