The company was founded by software entrepreneur Sean Carr and podcast producer Matt Belknap to solve problems with ad targeting, ad replacement, and limited measurement in the podcast space. Art19's platform provides enhanced listening metrics and ad serving technologies to publishers and advertisers, helping them leverage the highly engaged audiences of podcasts. With its on-demand hosting, ad serving, audience targeting, and measurement tools, Art19 enables publishers to manage all content and ad operations in one place and build a flexible infrastructure to continuously enhance revenue opportunities.