About leita.io
Leita is a semantic search engine for podcast transcripts. Search for an idea, jump to the exact moment it's discussed.
How it works
Leita indexes podcast episodes at the segment level. When you search, it finds the moments where your topic is actually discussed — not episode titles, not descriptions, not AI summaries. You get the speaker's own words, with a timestamp link to the source video.
What makes it different
Most podcast search tools either match keywords in episode descriptions or generate AI summaries that paraphrase what was said. Leita does neither. It returns primary sources: the exact words at the exact timestamp, so you can verify, cite, and listen to the original context.
Custom Knowledge Maps
Leita also builds custom Knowledge Maps for podcast creators and publishers — branded, white-label search experiences over a specific show or library. A Knowledge Map turns a podcast archive into a searchable, navigable knowledge base: curated topics, expert tags, time-coded clips, and a search interface tailored to the host's audience.
If you run a podcast or manage a content library and want to explore a Knowledge Map for your show, get in touch at hello@leita.io.
In the Wild
Leita has been distributed across Reddit, LessWrong, and the EA Forum. Selected reactions:
- On LessWrong, AI safety researcher Wei Dai engaged with a feature request that has since been implemented.
- On r/Biohackers, a post analyzing Peter Attia's training approach drew 164K views, 165 upvotes, and 127 comments.
- On r/PeterAttia, a curated post on rapamycin generated thoughtful engagement from the community. One commenter wrote: “Thank you for doing this deep dive. This is the kind of thing I've been trying to do in gathering data on preventive dementia interventions and it's time-consuming and requires a lot of patience and focus.”
- On r/ControlProblem, an AI safety post drew the response: “Wonderful resource, invaluable to the debate.”
Who built this
Leita is built by Rune Eik in Ålesund, Norway. Solo founder, independent, no outside funding. The project started because podcast knowledge deserves better search than what currently exists.