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

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