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Acquired
Hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal·Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
Estimated reach · platform signals
Audience & Reach
Listeners / episode
~75K
30K–120K rangeLow confidence
Cadence
Monthly
~every 35d
YouTube, Apple, and Spotify signals are not linked for this show.
Episodes
215
latest Jun 22, 2026
Publisher feed
About Acquired
Publisher feed
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
From RSS channel description·Refreshed 2 weeks ago
215 episodes scanned
Sponsors & Advertising on Acquired
Episodes scanned
215
Sponsor density
100%
Last 12 months
Advertisers detected
12
Repeat vs one-off
4 / 8
Repeat · one-off
Advertiser categories (12 months)
Other47%
Security & compliance30%
Devtools17%
Fintech3%
E-commerce3%
Devtools: Sentry, Vercel
Advertisers
Acquire.comHigh confidence
M&A · 214 episodes · last seen Jun 22, 2026
Dictionary match
Jun 22, 2026 · The Walt Disney Company
“rviceNow Statsig Links: Sign up for email updates , get our takeaways and research photos from each episode, and vote on future topics! The…”
May 18, 2026 · Vanguard
“J pieces on Ferrari and Vanguard MacBook Pro M5 Max Michael MacKelvie on YouTube The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Brooks Vanguard sneakers More…”
VantaHigh confidence
Compliance · 207 episodes · last seen Jan 27, 2026
Dictionary match
Jan 27, 2026 · The NFL
“X here in San Francisco, where Acquired is hosting the NFL’s inaugural Super Bowl Innovation Summit! Sponsors: Many thanks to our partners:…”
Jan 3, 2026 · Rolex
“e, and hope you enjoy it as much as we did! This episode was released on February 23, 2025. Sponsors: Legora: https://bit.ly/acquiredlegora…”
VercelHigh confidence
Devtools · 5 episodes · last seen Jun 22, 2026
Dictionary match
Jun 22, 2026 · The Walt Disney Company
“— The Walt Disney Company: Walt's Era. Sponsors: Many thanks to our fantastic Spring '26 Season partners: J.P. Morgan WeAreDevelopers event…”
May 18, 2026 · Vanguard
“m at its finest — Vanguard. Sponsors: Many thanks to our fantastic Spring '26 Season partners: J.P. Morgan WeAreDevelopers event ServiceNow…”
ShopifyHigh confidence
E-commerce · 2 episodes · last seen Oct 1, 2025
Dictionary match
Oct 1, 2025 · Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan)
“r other episodes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/77Kl3BsiEQLpli2Q2ozZuf?si=4f4609e343504fd0 Sponsors: Live Show Presented By: J.P. Morgan…”
Aug 6, 2019 · The Shopify IPO
“Ben and David head north of the border to Ottawa, Canada to cover perhaps one of the greatest IPO success stories of the past 5 years, Shop…”
AirtableLow confidence
Productivity · 1 episode · last seen Jul 19, 2021
Dictionary match
Jul 19, 2021 · Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)
“lity is so attractive Links: Solana: https://solana.com Solana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/solana Solana Hackathon submissions: https:/…”
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AtlassianMedium confidence
Devtools · 1 episode · last seen Nov 7, 2017
Dictionary match
Nov 7, 2017 · Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO
“under (and reunite in-person!) to tell the story of the granddaddy of all bootstrapped tech success stories, collaboration software company…”
InstacartMedium confidence
Marketplace · 1 episode · last seen Jun 21, 2017
Dictionary match
Jun 21, 2017 · Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market
“n name now owned by Amazon) to its much more successful progeny Kiva Systems (acquired by Amazon in 2012) to current Silicon Valley unicorn…”
LinearMedium confidence
Devtools · 1 episode · last seen Dec 11, 2020
Dictionary match
Dec 11, 2020 · Airbnb
“is a company that looks very different today than in the past. Even before COVID, Airbnb's once-exponential bookings growth had declined to…”
RampMedium confidence
Fintech · 1 episode · last seen Oct 27, 2025
Dictionary match
Oct 27, 2025 · Trader Joe’s
“al supermarkets. Their parking lots are famously terrible and they're constantly out of your favorite items. Shoppers brave long lines and…”
SentryHigh confidence
Devtools · 1 episode · last seen Jan 27, 2026
Dictionary match
Jan 27, 2026 · The NFL
“sco, where Acquired is hosting the NFL’s inaugural Super Bowl Innovation Summit! Sponsors: Many thanks to our partners: Vanta Sierra Crusoe…”
SquarespaceLow confidence
Website · 1 episode · last seen Nov 3, 2021
Dictionary match
Nov 3, 2021 · Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)
“ital: https://www.nzscapital.com The Santa Fe Institute: https://www.santafe.edu NZS's white paper on Complexity Investing: https://static1…”
StripeMedium confidence
Payments · 1 episode · last seen Mar 30, 2019
Dictionary match
Mar 30, 2019 · The Lyft IPO
“rday kicked off in the tech world. A generational changing of the guard from the FAANG to the APLUSS (Airbnb, Pinterest, Lyft, Uber, Slack,…”
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Top topics · 215 stored episodes
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Who sponsors Acquired?
PodScore detected 10 advertisers on Acquired from RSS show notes, including Acquire.com, Vanta, Vercel, Shopify, Sentry, Ramp.
How many episodes does Acquired have?
Acquired has 215 episodes in the PodScore catalog (latest Jun 22, 2026).
What is Acquired about?
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
How often does Acquired publish?
Acquired publishes monthly (~every 35d). Average episode length is 3h 25m.
Is Acquired active?
Acquired shows 100% of episodes in the last 12 months included sponsor reads. The most recent detected sponsor activity was June 2026.