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App · Other origin

Pocket Saga

Key facts

Operator / parent
Pocket Entertainment (also the parent of Pocket FM)
Origin
India
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India and Culver City, United States
Launched
About June 2026; described as three months old on 10 September 2026.
Category
App · Other origin

Pocket Saga is the microdrama app of Pocket Entertainment, the company behind the audio-series platform Pocket FM. It is available only in the US, and its content is entirely AI-produced: the company turns successful Pocket FM audio stories into AI-generated video, with no live-action production. On 10 September 2026 chief executive Rohan Nayak told TechCrunch the app had reached an annualised revenue run rate of about $15m, a company-claimed figure. The parent put its own run rate at $500m, calculated as monthly revenue multiplied by 12. Pocket Entertainment is in talks with investors; a prior report put the target at $100m to $120m at about a $2bn valuation, which Nayak did not deny. Pocket FM shut down an earlier vertical-video service, Pocket TV, in June 2026.

Pocket Saga revenue and key figures

Reported revenue: about $15m (company, TechCrunch, 10 September 2026)

MetricFigureBasisSource
Pocket Saga annualised revenue run rateabout $15mcompanyTechCrunch, 10 September 2026
Pocket Entertainment annualised revenue run rate (monthly revenue x 12)$500mcompanyTechCrunch, 10 September 2026

Profile

Markets
United States
Content
Microdramas generated with AI from Pocket FM audio stories; no live-action production.
Monetisation
Not disclosed for Pocket Saga. The parent earns mainly from users paying to unlock episodes, with a smaller advertising share.

People

  • Rohan Nayak - co-founder and chief executive, Pocket Entertainment
  • Nishanth KS and Prateek Dixit - co-founders

Sources