Hedge funds lead adoption of Particle's Radar API for real-time podcast intelligence

Particle launched Radar on August 26, 2026, transcribing over 130,000 podcasts with entity recognition across people, companies, and products. Hedge funds are the highest-volume API customers, using real-time mention alerts via Slack and webhooks to surface executive commentary before next-day transcripts arrive. AI search platforms and data resellers round out the top-paying customers.