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SoundCloud Acquires AI Music Metadata Company Musiio ‘To Identify What’s Next In Music Trends and Talent’

May 3, 2022

The Musiio team. Photo Credit: Musiio SoundCloud has officially acquired AI-powered music-analysis platform Musiio, which higher-ups say “will amplify SoundCloud’s existing music intelligence capabilities.” ... Read More...

AI Music-Creation Platform Soundful Raises $3.8 Million from Universal Music Group, Beatport, Disney, and Others

Dylan Smith

April 22, 2022

Photo Credit: Markus Winkler AI-powered music-creation platform Soundful, which says that it “enables anyone to create incredible music quickly,” has raised $3.8 million from investors including Disney, Micro... Read More...

AI-Powered Music Adaptation Is Coming to Gaming Soundtracks — XdMind Is One Startup Pushing the Possibilities

Paul Resnikoff

April 20, 2022

Subway Surfers, one of several games being reimagined by AI music innovators XDMind. The machines are getting smarter — which means the music industry is taking AI and the metaverse more seriously. According ... Read More...

South Korea’s KOMCA Taps Nashville-Based Muserk to Collect US-Based Mechanical Royalties

Marsha Silva

March 17, 2022

Photo Credit: KOMCA The Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) has just tapped Muserk to help collect US-based mechanical rights royalties. It's been a long road towards recognizing and collecting mechani... Read More...

AI Music Platform LifeScore Closes £11 Million Round With Support From Warner Music Group

Dylan Smith

March 7, 2022

Photo Credit: Markus Winkler AI music-tech platform LifeScore has announced the completion of a nearly $14.5 million (£11 million) funding round amid a broader music-industry embrace of artificial intelligenc... Read More...

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USCO Officially Refuses to Issue Copyright For AI-Created Art, Citing Absence of ‘Human Authorship’

Dylan Smith

February 22, 2022

Washington, D.C.'s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) has officially doubled down on its refusal to issue a copyright for art that was cr... Read More...

Apple Quietly Acquires AI-Powered Music Startup As Service Subscribers Near 800 Million

Dylan Smith

February 8, 2022

Apple has reportedly purchased London-based startup AI Music. Photo Credit: Zhang Kaiyv About 10 days after revealing that its services boast a combined total of almost 800 million subscribers, Apple has repo... Read More...

AI-Powered Electronic Music Platform Aimi Completes $20 Million Series B

Dylan Smith

November 19, 2021

Aimi president and CEO Edward Balassanian, whose company today revealed that it had completed a $20 million Series B funding round. Photo Credit: Ismael Quintanilla III AI-powered music platform Aimi has anno... Read More...

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Drops $115 Million On AI-Powered Defense Company Helsing

Dylan Smith

November 10, 2021

Having attempted to purchase Arsenal F.C. earlier in 2021, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has now invested €100 million ($115.21 million at the present exchange rate) in AI-powered defense company Helsing. 38-year-ol... Read More...

Spotify Faces Continued Pushback Over Voice Recognition Technology

Dylan Smith

November 5, 2021

Photo Credit: Haithem Ferdi In April, certain activists and musicians called on Spotify to abandon a “terrifying patent” – designed to analyze users’ voices and recommend music accordingly – that the Stockhol... Read More...

Roblox Music-Tech Company Splash Announces $20 Million Series A, Touts ‘New Age of Creativity in the Metaverse’

Dylan Smith

November 2, 2021

Photo Credit: Roblox Splash, a Roblox-focused music-technology company, has officially completed a $20 million Series A funding round. Brisbane-based Splash unveiled the multimillion-dollar raise today, inc... Read More...

AI-Powered Music-Separation Startup Audioshake Completes $2 Million Funding Round

Dylan Smith

October 19, 2021

AI-powered music-separation platform Audioshake has raised $2 million. Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Artificial intelligence music-separation platform Audioshake has officially raised $2 million in a seed fund... Read More...