Is Autio a Credible App or Just a Feature? | Shark Tank US | Shark Tank Global

[@ChintanCG]

Mark is right. if this gains traction , Google maps can easily add the feature along with some advertising to pay for it

[@mrhumble2937]

Lot of work. Maybe Google would buy it from them.

[@mrhumble2937]

Like he did with his audio book.

[@GuessTheSongMS]

Google might pay $1M for it. And then shut it down a few years later when they realize no one uses it.

[@Skillpointer10]

Thats Marks excuses on every app which is pitched in shark tank so he doesn’t have to invest

[@saranshgautam6551]

Google won't add a paid subscription service to Gmaps. That goes against their free service vibe

[@vitomedlej3923]

Can we take a moment and appreciate Kevin's negotiation skills? Gave a perfect answer to why he would add great value

[@user-qh5zz7dy1h]

ye so epic skillz that he almoust bought this crap xD

[@mrbrokiee]

vjg

[@cuthwulf]

I give that 5 “stories” before the average customer is like “turn this off!”. The inventor is forgetting one thing about tours, you spend half your time wishing the guide talked less and didn’t rush you through.

[@ianlister7333]

a RARE pitch, where Kevin is actually being reasonable. However this does feel more like an add on to another product. His best bet is to be sold to Google or Garmin, he certainly seems to have something to offer them (celeb read stories)

[@romakutubidze3097]

No way google buys that.they will create their own. I don't think this guy's app code can be worth investable for google

[@ryancooper3629]

Kevin dodged a bullet, he would have never got his money back out of this.

[@okoduwaclinton4988]

Ps: spoiler alert 😢

[@stuff1784]

@@okoduwaclinton4988😳

[@ryancooper3629]

@@okoduwaclinton4988 Consider watching the video before reading comments on it...

[@ethioanimemovies]

​@@okoduwaclinton4988who gives a fk bro? Just watch it.

[@chillbest14]

Wow seemed like a cool app

[@WilkieAtkins]

Kevin made a great offer, the guy just came to shark tank for the promo.

[@ibrahime3194]

Exactly what I was thinking. He wasn’t there to get a shark deal. He’s just advertising.

[@parzival112]

@@ibrahime3194 Yeah, and even if he did, any shark that made that deal would be WAYYYY overpaying for that little app!

[@shuaspak4728]

Damn straight

[@alon403]

you can honestly say that for every entrepreneur who had an offer but didn't take, whether or not the deal is great really comes down to the entrepreneur himself given he knows his business inside out

[@thekio7983]

Not necessarily, since the production team of shark tank shoots many segments and only few of them air and if you don't make a deal it's not guaranteed that your segment will air, so refusing a deal makes your part much less likely to air and the entrepreneurs know about this.

[@PracticalPerry]

I would have taken Kevin's offer at 10%, which is a real good offer esp. coming from Kevin. Kevin could help him blow this thing up, and Kevin would indeed be a great narrator himself.

[@fireeggkimpaul4758]

Yupp. Kevin could also add in Greek & Roman mythogy options if he were to go international(Italy and Greece?!)

[@juligreenspan6007]

I agree. Kevin would add a lot of value.

[@easterbasket9688]

Gotta factor in the other investors who probably also own equity.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

@@fireeggkimpaul4758 That makes no sense watsoever

[@myqaveli]

I can see this being used in google maps with a history fact when you’re road tripping sort of when you make it to a state. google says “welcome to Kansas” (could be a toggled feature road trip mode)

[@mrhumble2937]

Yea can license to them.

[@GabrielFlies]

@@mrhumble2937except Google will use their data and AI voices to narrate, they will not need them at all

[@cadriver2570]

They are so slow to make changes to maps. It would take years, if ever.

[@saranshgautam6551]

Google will never add a complete subscription based story telling app to Gmap though. That's not the vibe of google maps

[@saranshgautam6551]

Google will never add a complete subscription based story telling app to Gmap though. That's not the vibe of google maps

[@ammaguy3166]

Kevin didn’t say you’re dead to me when he didn’t take his deal. He instead said thank you I appreciate it 😮

[@OAG28]

Anger management courses are working 😀

[@Mokarney]

Dude wasn’t here for an offer. He just wanted the free publicity.

[@jmg9509]

Yeah he was way too happy even when every shark turned him down. His smile never waned.

[@katlis]

How many people are doing road trips across multiple states often, to justify paying ~$40/yr to hear Kevin Costner interrupting my driving music/podcast to tell me facts about Montana? Extremely niche app.

[@noahjames1985]

Yeah I feel like summer family road trips are a thing of the past.

[@444fetty]

honestly, i thought the same thing but im super into that kinda stuff & its actually extremely popular. people are now starting to get tired of the phones & sitting inside and realizing what true beauty is out there and not in your backyard. i constantly see people going on road trips whether thats from east to west coast, north east coast to south east coast or just the north west coast to the south west coast. and theres definitely more people who are living out of their vans/rvs just to be able to live that lifestyle; whether its a family, a couple or just someone who craves adventure. saves them the time from having to search up a billion things.

[@henrypeters5291]

There are 300,000-500,000 long haul truckers in the U.S.

[@odysseusnissan]

I think Kevins offer of 10% was very fair...but the guy already had investors at a higher value and that would of caused major problems.

[@uddhavramgolam9743]

Same but he said 7% plus 3% advisory i mean??

[@thomgage7083]

The stories are evenly distributed, but you'll have more in urban areas. That's not evenly distributed.

[@pauldavis5665]

Evenly distributed based on how many stories are able to be told about that particular area. It's not his fault if in the middle of nowhere there are not many stories to be told.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

@@pauldavis5665 LOL! Ikr....it would be like this lamp post was installed by so and so or this road has a history of cement and paste mixed in

[@c.t.p.9821]

It's like one of those self guided headset things they give you at museums...

[@alon403]

Calmest Tank ever during a pitch no screaming no talking over each other, this guy controlled the atmosphere well

[@wolverineiscool7161]

Because he never wanted a deal. Just the free advertisement

[@sanjuansteve]

$210k in sales last year with a $20M valuation? hahaha Even it he has a $2M current run rate, $20M is a 10x valuation...

[@uddhavramgolam9743]

He raised money 3.2 million dollars he cannot put his valuation he wants but that of investors too

[@ryanra44]

Can’t I just go”hey Siri. Tell me about about the place I am driving through” done . Free

[@sws212]

You would just get bland generic facts. The whole appeal is the company behind it supposedly makes better podcast level content.

[@noahjames1985]

@@sws212 but they didn't really play much of any story...how do we know if they are any good? What if they are really boring?

[@wolverineiscool7161]

You'd have to ask every time and even then I don't think Siri can answer that currently

[@mikelxanadu]

“I’m sorry, I can’t do that while you’re driving”

[@ryanra44]

@@mikelxanadu false. Just tried it. Worked fine

[@Thomas.S.]

All paths lead to Mr. Wonderful!

[@nordino8877]

I can see an AI based company building a competitor soon for less than 100K and a lot lower operating costs.

[@lucaschambers8209]

Take the ten percent deal. Your lucky Kevin was actually being nice today.

[@lukerinderknecht2982]

Should *have or *should've

[@lucaschambers8209]

@@lukerinderknecht2982 don't worry about it

[@TheProphegy]

Free advertisement for the app. He just wanted all the downloads from being on the show.

[@global4508]

This is a great idea and no major players have not done this yet....

[@JeevaMj-fq2ec]

The Face : smiles The Mind : Only Advertising! Not a deal

[@keithdosik]

I can’t think of anyone who would actually use this. Idk when I’m on a road trip I rather listen to music or podcast

[@uggupuggu]

Do you have an attractive sister by any chance?

[@keithdosik]

@@uggupuggu ahhhh why?

[@greasyguido]

I would say it's primarily for families. I wouldn't want to be travelling with my friends talking about god knows what to be randomly interrupted with a fact about horse drawn carriages.

[@tgo007]

I think there's some value there but I think it's niche. I do think the play is sell to google or waze. I think it's a feature and you get a notification about the story then you can choose to listen to it on top of maps.

[@uggupuggu]

@@keithdosik Reproduction

[@TheSateef]

$1M and 15000 subscribers. LOL. i wouldn't use this if it was free

[@linfordrenno7651]

That’s you…. I love this idea but Google Maps could use this…. I think google maps needs to get just a little more user friendly and detailed but I think it could add this on there

[@jonah.donohue]

That’s you!

[@noahjames1985]

...Looks like he's got 15002 now

[@mt9085]

20 million valuation!!

[@ErrorRaffyline0]

Lmao Google Maps would never add such a feature 😂

[@GATOWN]

Did this guy just say “Yeah, I do have a background.”

[@moogleking]

Lol he didn't want an offer he came for the publicity

[@Lion72320]

Just checked on the play store, this app only has 1k downloads.. not 500k

[@dardar5511]

Where do you see downloads?

[@ItsxMagiicGaming]

Bro what? The app in the app store has 3,900 ratings alone def has way more than 1k downloads 😂. Dont know what you were looking at. And it is also on google play.

[@Lion72320]

Google play store still says 1000 downloads with 29 reviews... I guess the remaining 499,000 downloads are all on the app store then. 😂

[@Lion72320]

@@ItsxMagiicGaming Google play store still says 1000 downloads with 29 reviews... I guess the remaining 499,000 downloads are all on the app store then. 😂

[@ItsxMagiicGaming]

@@Lion72320 lmao wouldnt be surprised. Also wouldnt be surprised if the guy inflated his numbers to created hype for the viewer lol

[@Wanxei]

Maturity is when you realise he never came for funding but for free advertisement

[@ramiel007]

I would fall asleep driving listening to those voices

[@davida472]

He came in asking for ONE MILLION DOLLARS like he was Dr.Evil.

[@Jazzaconda]

He just said his pervious company in the same field, 'Was aquired"! "Mr Wonderful" never asked, how much for! somethings up

[@mylene_b]

He thinks he'll get lucky twice 😂

[@silver10188]

why would I pay? I can google or ai where I am and let the passenger read.

[@Fggbbgffttb]

Notice how the most played part of the video was when he was stating his ask. That valuation is crazy!!

[@321Fire.]

He came for TV, not a deal

[@nightcrave]

Smh Autio didn't come to get a deal just publicity

[@mega_tive]

That guy was so confident. And stood his point. I like it.

[@bornonhalloweentube]

i would really enjoy this, especially tesla auto pilot mode driving. I often want to hear something interesting while my car drives itself hands free so i dont fall asleep lol

[@ResistTh3SlaveMind]

Mark is right. Google maps adds this feature and this guy is cooked

[@paul.benedict.zachariah]

It's all about photo taking and chatting with your friends/partner whenever you are traveling. Standing aside listening to the story for awhile seems rare. Good luck to him

[@MissDeal55]

So weird, I got this app a couple months ago and it’s great. I had no idea it was on Shark Tank

[@wayneerichsen]

Kevin costner is 1 of the founders it says online.

[@ljmagician]

Advertising pitch

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Out of all the DRAGONS i didn't expect Mr Wonderful to offer him the MILLION DOLLARS??

[@RealFreshDuke]

Kevin willing to pay 1 million for 10% is crazy. The guy not taking it is insane.

[@nicholascox9868]

Barbara: I don’t use WiFi for that reason I’m out

[@Stormie33]

I am shocked Kevin would do it for 10%, he was crazy to turn that down. 15K subs isn't that impressive when they're only paying about $3/month for the service and half of them likely won't renew.

[@excelry2155]

This is just a feature for sure, and it was pitched very poorly. SMH

[@stuff1784]

Yeah, he was super boring.

[@mylene_b]

​@@stuff1784 yes, he's very monotonous

[@shuaspak4728]

The guy did not want to make a deal he wanted a commercial

[@jameshunsucker2147]

This guys whole strat is acquisition. Yes google could add this and do all the work, hire all the prolific voices, or just buy these guys and integrate. He didn't need a deal honestly the free advertising is his best value and if he can get a shark involved it would be the icing on the cake.

[@pieter1234569]

Which doesn't work. Here the only thing of any value is the idea, which isn't protected. Google indeed could just copy this and release their BETTER version for about 50k with most of that being in hiring some interesting people to voice it. And then you have a better, low priced version, of this you cannot possibly compete with.

[@ambassadoroftruth99]

The Autio guy should have taken the deal at 10%. Kevin will be working/helping to make this a success, not simply investing.

[@swapnilshinde2153]

He did not want the money lol. 15000 users 20 Mil valuation this is senseless.

[@Otowngolf73]

Walked out with a WOODY 😂

[@loristitt65]

HOW ABOUT SOME NEW EPISODES?? This is 2024!!

[@FuegoPlaylist]

roberts advice is great

[@Arshadunfiltered]

We all know that he was just here for marketing! well done buddy

[@yogeshp8542]

Don't think ut will help much. It is a crap idea.

[@Romeo370Z]

You can honestly just listen to a podcast or interview while driving and it would be pretty much the same thing.

[@imsupercereal]

My only problem is when people say “cutting down on screen time” and then have an app and the only way to use it. Is with a screen 😂 besides that it seems ok to me. Also, glad to see another Santa Barbian 🎉

[@whatlez]

The Audio for this video was rubbish. Shark Tank Global maybe invest into this app.

[@iamgroot4080]

Great product. It's booming on the store... 1000 downloads! Amazing stuff

[@wintercame]

😆

[@rangerjoe2061]

He just wanted the exposure on Tv

[@Yu_Wei]

is he wrong for that lol>?

[@ParissaKhoury]

He should've accepted Kevin's offer. Kevin literally NEVER makes million dollar offers unless its something to do with wine business

[@Spoppy90]

Yeah, mark was correct, google maps can easily crush this like a bug

[@TRVPHAUS]

"taking a break from screens" bruh you literally are presenting on a screen, wdf you mean?

[@jeffreybrowne3302]

This is a fantastic idea!!!!! LOVE it!!!!

[@DyNaStYCaRl]

He didn't want a deal. Nobody comes in looking for 1 million 5% and expects to get it Just wanted the publicity

[@nickyboy0468]

The moment he said 1 mil for 5% i knew he was here for free advertising

[@brendentyler5228]

It will be a sad day when google sees this and just adds it like mark said

[@cksammi]

Only 5K downloads on Play store???!!!

[@konradvonmarburg7733]

He absolutely should have taken Kevin's 10%

[@CanadianDreamer]

Why cant you just google each town or city you are in???

[@michaelcastro9715]

Google maps were you on the next future of audio they really need to add it to maps

[@etherionbl3034]

Would gladly boycott this garbage app. Clearly here for free time.

[@bobo34]

Imagine traveling with sheldon cooper

[@markfigueroa1681]

No one in their right mind is going to pay nor renew

[@Meister_de_Nicts]

This seems like it could be free if attached to local ads.

[@SilenceSlayer223]

The only way anyone is getting their money out of this is if google is too lazy to build it themselves and buys it off them.

[@paulreid1480]

Never wanted investment but free advertisement

[@thomgage7083]

9,000 stories for 50 states. That's 45 for each state. Sounds like a lot of dead time.

[@mahliamay9029]

A lot times people don’t have to make money for them to get there returns once you get traction and sell out to the big guys for a massive sum then you do

[@1whical]

He didn't want a deal

[@vicasbailey6895]

Can't do 10% but can do 7%...............So 3% makes all the difference? he's soley focused on percentage but totally ignores the value a shark can bring.........Levi Roots gave away 45% of Reggae Reggae sauce now he's a multi millionaire!!!!

[@oeao2841]

He didn't say how many investors he has already

[@dkidder1367]

I wouldn't like a voice narrating while i'm travelling. I'd shut it off and just enjoy the scenery.

[@mattscott9678]

Kevin was ready to drop a buck in his lap and he turns it down. Absolutely stupid. Maybe I'll eat my words when google buys him out for 25 mil

[@armandocastro4917]

Google and AI will make this obsolete in no time.

[@MajesticaYEH]

The background music is too loud 😞

[@darshinvyas3068]

I think it was investable, cause he's gonna be probably bought out by Google maps

[@patlangan5772]

I saw potential, plug in advertising for eating and hotels.

[@ramonjando9808]

His net worth is 20m right now

[@Marcell.Lovett]

if google added this for free id use it lol

[@Mattius87]

Barbara - I don't have 1 million dollars left to give you so for that reason, I'm out

[@nk47100]

Interesting - Kevin Costner is actually a co founder. But they have very few women on staff - should work on that.

[@The_yeffy1]

Why… it makes no difference what the demographics of the company are and forcibly changing them does nothing to improve or innovate

[@DakshJuneja]

He will eventually sell it off to an even bigger audio company

[@ThomasDurham]

He came for marketing

[@doowroh]

Makes me laugh when people think an award like a "webby" is actually meaningful or worth something.

[@steveo7502]

With AI, all those famous stars could be replicated anyway. Don't see how this would take off

[@shibbymiyah6614]

He talks like he's on fentanyl