Suno, the AI‑powered music platform that lets users generate songs from text prompts, announced a $250 million Series C financing that pushes its post‑money valuation to $2.45 billion. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and included Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures among others. Suno now reports $200 million in annual revenue and offers both free and paid subscription tiers for creators. At the same time, the company is fighting lawsuits from Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music, which allege the startup trained its models on copyrighted material without permission. The legal challenges highlight the broader uncertainty surrounding AI training data while investors remain bullish on Suno’s growth potential. Leer más →

Spotify announced a partnership with the three major record labels—Sony, Universal and Warner—along with digital‑rights groups Merlin and Believe to develop AI‑driven music tools that prioritize artists. The initiative, outlined in a blog post, emphasizes responsible AI use, fair compensation, and direct artist‑fan connections. It follows Spotify’s recent effort to clean up unauthorized AI‑generated tracks on its platform and builds on its own AI features such as the AI DJ, personalized daylist, and AI‑generated playlists. The company frames the collaboration as a proactive step to shape the future of music innovation responsibly. Leer más →

Spotify announced a collaboration with the recording divisions of Sony, Universal and Warner to create new artificial‑intelligence‑driven music offerings. The partnership emphasizes artist‑centric agreements that protect copyright, ensure fair compensation, give creators a choice to participate, and strengthen fan‑artist engagement. Spotify also highlighted its ongoing AI tools, including an AI‑DJ feature and a spam filter aimed at reducing unauthorized AI‑generated tracks on the platform. Leer más →

Major record labels, led by the Recording Industry Association of America, have escalated a lawsuit against AI music generator Suno, accusing the company of illegally ripping songs from YouTube to train its generative models. The amended complaint, filed on September 19th, alleges Suno used code to download copyrighted tracks from Universal, Sony and Warner, bypassing YouTube’s rolling cipher encryption and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Suno, which has not disclosed its training data, claims fair‑use protection, but the plaintiffs seek statutory damages of $2,500 per act of circumvention and up to $150,000 per infringed work. Leer más →