We re working on SpeakUp - an AI matching app for speaker booking, podcast guest discovery, and expert sourcing for media and events.

I m curious how people think about this category.

If you needed to find a conference speaker, podcast guest, or media expert, what would make you trust an AI-powered platform faster?

Would it be:

We re building SpeakUp an AI speaker booking and speaker discovery platform for event organizers, podcasters, journalists, and media teams.

One thing keeps surprising me: even in 2026, many teams still find conference speakers through spreadsheets, scattered LinkedIn messages, Google Forms, and agencies.

If you ve ever had to find speakers for events, what was the hardest part for you?

• finding relevant experts

• checking if they are credible

• outreach and follow-up

• comparing multiple speakers

• managing the whole process

I ve been thinking a lot about how hard podcast guest booking still is.

Most podcasters either:

• search manually on LinkedIn

• ask their network

• rely on agencies

• or spend too much time on cold outreach

We re building SpeakUp to make podcast guest discovery and expert matching faster, but I d love to learn from real workflows.

For event organizers, speaker sourcing often looks much harder than it should.

You need to:

• find relevant speakers

• compare them quickly

• check fit for the audience

• manage outreach

• keep track of replies and decisions

We re building SpeakUp as an AI platform to help event organizers find speakers faster, but I d love to understand where the biggest pain really is.

A lot of journalists and media teams need credible experts quickly for interviews, commentary, quotes, and podcast episodes.

But expert sourcing still often depends on:

• personal network

• PR agencies

• social media posts

• manual search across multiple platforms

We re building SpeakUp to make expert discovery easier for media teams, and I d love to learn from others in this space.