"This idea is something that Mike and I have been talking about for a long time now, because we have both felt for a while that there is a really big opportunity in the education space - much bigger than I think a lot of people realize," Zicherman says.
"One of the big things ... that drew me to audiobooks, as a business, and as a product, was this idea of enabling so many more people than ever before to get access to incredible, high-quality content, including educational content and making that really ubiquitous," he notes.
Oboe looks to expand on that mission, but not via audiobooks. Instead, the team envisions a product that would allow more people to engage with 'active learning journeys,' offering tailored tools for personal curriculum development.