Archive · 21 Jan 2026
Pocket FM Hires Meta AI Scientist
Pocket FM, a big audio-series platform, has hired Vasu Sharma, who used to work on AI at Meta.
He will now lead Pocket FM's AI efforts to make storytelling better and faster.
Pocket FM has lots of listeners and writers, and they want to use AI to create more content in different languages.
Vasu will help them build special AI tools for writers and make stories for people all over the world.
Pocket FM appoints Vasu Sharma, former Meta AI researcher, as its Head of AI.
Sharma will lead AI research and development for storytelling and content production.
Pocket FM aims to build a global AI-powered entertainment ecosystem.
Sharma's role includes advancing Pocket FM's proprietary LLMs and AI CoPilot platform.
The company has over 250 million listeners and 300,000 writers globally.
- Who
- Vasu Sharma, former Meta AI scientist, and Pocket FM
- What
- Appointment of Vasu Sharma as Head of AI at Pocket FM
- When
- January 21
- Where
- Global, with operations in India, US, and Europe
- Why
- To accelerate AI-powered entertainment ecosystem and storytelling
- Company
- Pocket FM
- New Hire
- Vasu Sharma
- Previous Employer
- Meta Platforms
- Role
- Head of AI
- Global Listeners
- 250 million
- Writers
- 300,000
- Audio Series
- 100,000