Aussie startup Omny Studio bought by Triton Digital

Omny Studio team (L-R) David Warner, Andrew Armstrong, Sharon Taylor, Long Zheng, Matt Stafford, Michael Davidson, Mitch Secrett.

Melbourne-based tech and podcast company Omny Studio has been sold to LA-based Triton Digital.

Omny Studio was founded in 2012 and Triton has been integrated with Omny since 2017.

The deal sees Triton acquire the technology, assets, and team of the Melbourne-based Omny, including co-founders Long Zheng and Andrew Armstrong.

“Omny Studio has been an exceptional partner that shares our passion for enabling traditional broadcasters and pure play podcasters to grow their audience and revenue,” said Neal Schore, CEO of Triton Digital.

“We are proud to welcome Omny to the Triton family, and look forward to combining our talent and technology to expand the solution globally and continue to innovate around podcast data and analytics.”

Significantly, the deal will add see Omny Studio’s comprehensive CMS and hosting capabilities added to Triton Digital’s preeminent portfolio of streaming, advertising, and measurement technologies.

Triton Digital has been driving the growth and innovation of the digital audio industry for the last 13 years, and we are excited to be joining forces to further expand our global footprint and the adoption of our unequaled technology around the world,” said Sharon Taylor, CEO of Omny Studio.

“We share a passion and a mission to provide publishers with the most comprehensive technology in the market, and look forward to working as part of the Triton family to drive the global audio industry forward.”

“We’re excited by the opportunity to continue innovating for our customers and look forward to the next phase of the journey ahead with Triton Digital,” said Andrew Armstrong, Co-Founder and CTO of Omny Studio.

“Together with Triton, we remain committed to delivering best-in-class creation, publishing, monetization and analytics tools that enable audio publishers to garner millions of podcast downloads every day,” added Long Zheng, Head of Product at Omny Studio.

Andrew Armstrong has also penned a great read on the history of Omny that you can check out here.