CEO at Ad Aures
Benjamin Bellamy is an engineer and entrepreneur.
For the past twenty years he has led technical and entrepreneurial projects in various industries such as publishing, book distribution, online media, television and e-commerce.
He is a furious open-source advocate, a podcast lover, and an active contributor to the PodcastIndex community.
Benjamin is the founder and CEO of Ad Aures, a company dedicated to creating fair and sustainable ecosystems for the podcasting industry. In 2020, Ad Aures released Castopod, the first full-fledged open-source podcast hosting solution supporting Web Monetization.
Podcasting is booming all over the world, but only a minority of podcasts are monetized. Podcasters who want to make money are facing a cruel dilemma: - Draw away their audience by erecting a paywall. - Expose themselves to censorship by partnering with brands or closed distribution platforms. Thanks to decentralized protocols, Interledger and Web Monetization allow podcasters to sell …