Audio App Huxe to Shut Down After Spotify Adds Similar Feature

Huxe, an app that generated podcasts from user prompts, is shutting down. The company announced it will remove the app from the App Store and Play Store. Users who already have the app installed will be able to use it for seven more days before the service ends.

The company stated that it will delete all user data after the seven-day period. In an email to customers, Huxe said the team decided to wind down the product and move on to new projects. The startup did not provide a specific reason for the shutdown.

Huxe was founded in late 2024 by former Google employees Raiza Martin, Jason Spielman, and Stephen Hughes. 6 million from investors including Conviction, Genius Ventures, Figma CEO Dylan Field, and Google Research chief scientist Jeff Dean.

The shutdown follows Spotify's release of a personal podcast feature one day earlier. Similar podcast generation tools have been added by Adobe, Amazon, ElevenLabs, Meta, and Google. Huxe's announcement comes amid broader competition in consumer AI audio tools.