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    Home»Sections»Audio app Clubhouse grew too quickly, CEO says

    Audio app Clubhouse grew too quickly, CEO says

    Sections By Agency Staff14 October 2021
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    Clubhouse, the audio-only app designed to be a virtual conference hall, generated heavy buzz during the peak of the pandemic and received a US$4-billion valuation earlier this year. In the months since then, that excitement seems to have cooled.

    The red-hot start may have been a drawback, Clubhouse CEO Paul Davison said on Wednesday in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

    “Boy, I think we grew way, way too fast earlier this year,” Davison said, speaking from a conference held by Goldman Sachs Group. “What we really want to do is be on that path of steady, gradual growth.”

    We grew way, way too fast earlier this year. What we really want to do is be on that path of steady, gradual growth

    In April, Twitter had held talks to acquire Clubhouse for $4-billion. Later that month, the company raised a new round of funding led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz giving it the same valuation — quadruple the level Clubhouse had received in January.

    Clubhouse essentially lets users host their own online radio shows. Listeners tune in to hear interviews or panel discussions and can participate in live chats. The platform has drawn appearances from major names in technology and other fields, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and inspired copycat apps.

    At times, Clubhouse also struggled to police misconduct on the app, drawing criticism that it wasn’t doing enough to root out antisemitism and other problems.

    Slowdown

    Even as the company launched its app on the Android platform in the late autumn — complementing its iOS service — it was seeing a slowdown in downloads. Davison said Clubhouse’s rapid growth early on “really stressed our systems”, prompting the company of eight people to scramble to hire quickly.

    Now Clubhouse has about 80 employees, he said. Davison also said that “paying creators is something we should absolutely be thinking about”.

    Asked whether the company could see a drop-off in users as people return to normal life, Davison said he sees opportunity in people listening as they commute. “We’re finally at the point where we can take a breath and really focus on the long term, focus on steady growth,” Davison said.  — Reported by Priya Anand, (c) 2021 Bloomberg LP

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