Small groups.
Serious pursuits.
A small online group of five people meeting weekly for six weeks. Think more clearly, learn faster, get honest pushback — with four others working on the same thing as you. Investing, books, deep learning, or career. AI-prepared agendas.
£20/monthOr £200/year (save 17%) · cancel anytime
Hosted by professionals across the UK
The four pod types
Pick the one that fits what you're working on.
Each pod is five people meeting weekly online for six weeks. Same format, different focus. Pick one to start with — switch into another when yours ends. Click the ones that interest you.
Don't see a pod that fits? Tell me in the textarea above what you'd join. The most-requested themes become real pods.
How a session actually runs
Structured, but not stiff.
The biggest objection people raise is “what stops it descending into chaos?” Fair question. Every session has a tight, AI-prepared agenda the group can edit, optional expert moderation, and a 75-minute time box. Below is what a typical session looks like.
A typical pod session
75 min · week 4 of 6
- 010–10 min
Check-in
Each member: one minute on what they've been thinking about since last session. AI summary captures themes for the agenda.
- 0210–40 min
Topic discussion
A pre-agreed topic, often suggested by a member. Examples: "what I've changed my mind on this year," "lessons from a decision that went wrong," "what made this chapter land for me." Frameworks and learning, not advice.
- 0340–65 min
Open discussion
Topic decided by the group the week before. Examples: "what we make of UK housing right now," "how we think about risk," "the question this book is actually asking." Moderator (if present) keeps it focused.
- 0465–75 min
Next week + close
Whose topic next week? What does each member want to think about between now and then? AI generates the next agenda based on what was discussed.
Why pods don't go stale
Fresh thinking. Fresh perspectives. Fresh people.
The number one reason peer groups die is that the conversation goes flat — same topics, same talkers, same circuit. Podkin attacks that on three fronts.
01
Members drive the agenda
No central gatekeeping. Each week a different member shapes the discussion around what they're actually thinking about. That's how peer groups stay engaged.
02
Structured but not stiff
AI agendas every week mean sessions never start blank. But the group can edit, swap topics, or go deep on something that comes up. Structure with room to breathe.
03
Switch when capacity hits
Small groups have a ceiling — five people only know so much. After six weeks you can switch to a fresh pod with new perspectives. Subscription stays the same.
Keeping pods sharp
Self-moderating, with AI scaffolding and optional human experts.
Three things keep a Podkin session focused. First, AI-generated agendas before each call. Second, the small group naturally self-moderates when there's a clear shared goal. Third, for technical pods, an experienced moderator can join — and earn a meaningful share of the pod fees.
If you've got expertise
Host a pod, earn a share.
Investors, sector experts, well-read people, ex-founders, retired professionals with time. Podkin pays you to bring quality to a pod. You don't run it like a class; you run it like a senior peer in the room.
What you do
Show up to weekly sessions. Keep discussion sharp. Share your perspective when useful. 1.5 hours a week for six weeks.
What you earn
~30% of pod fees — roughly £150–£250 per pod, depending on subscriber count. Plus you build a verified record of pods hosted.
Pricing
£20 a month. Cancel anytime.
One subscription gets you into a pod. Most people do one or two pods a year — pay monthly, drop in and out as your interests shift. Or pay annually and save a bit. No long-term contract.
Monthly
£20 / month
Cancel anytime. Best if you're trying it out.
Annual
£200 / year
Equivalent to £16.67/month. Best if you know you want to do a few pods.
- One active pod at a time — switch when yours ends
- Hand-matched — to people working on similar things
- AI-prepared agendas — before every session
- Auto-recording — with consent — never take notes again
- Carry on privately — after — that's part of the point
Pricing is indicative for early access. Final pricing confirmed when the first pods open. Free to join the waitlist.
How it works
Sign up. Match. Meet.
01
Join the waitlist
Tell us what you'd join a pod for. We use that to match you with four others working on the same thing — at a similar stage with complementary backgrounds.
02
Six Zoom sessions, one a week
75 minutes online, same time each week. Structured agenda sent ahead of every call. AI captures notes and decisions. No travel, no admin.
03
Vote: keep, kill, or merge
At the end your pod votes. Continue privately — encouraged. Merge with another pod via Podkin to grow your network. Or stay subscribed and join a different pod type next round.
Why this needs to exist
You can't network into the right room.
In a physical room — a conference, a dinner, a meetup — it's almost impossible to find exactly the people you want. You meet a hundred people to find two worth talking to twice. The internet was meant to fix this and didn't: forums are too big, LinkedIn is too transactional, Discord is too noisy.
“I've wanted to learn about climate tech for two years. I've started and abandoned three courses. I just need to do it with five other people who'll actually show up.”
Most worthwhile thinking is hard to do alone. You miss things. You get stuck on the wrong question. You talk yourself in circles. A small group of peers does three things you can't do solo: helps you think more clearly, gives you honest pushback, and keeps you grounded in what you actually know. Reading circles, investment clubs, communities of practice — small groups have done this for centuries. Podkin is the same idea, brought online and time-boxed.
Why it's different
Not Discord. Not Vistage. Not Reddit.
Five, not five hundred
Every piece of research on small groups says the magic number is 4–6. Bigger and people start performing. Discord and Slack have failed at this — that's not a coincidence.
Honest pushback on your thinking
A pod is the friction you don't have alone. Four other people who'll spot the thing you missed, push back on the thesis you fell in love with, and ask the question your inner monologue won't.
Online, weekly, structured
Same time every week. AI agenda before. Recording after. No flaky meetups. No travel. No long Slack threads that go nowhere.
Time-boxed, on purpose
Six weeks, then a vote. The deadline is what makes people show up and engage. After that, keep meeting privately if you want — most do.
Questions
The things people ask.
Find your pod.
Sign up free. Browse pods, or start your own in two minutes.