Deals

AlphaTheta acquired DJ Monitor technology and related assets to strengthen KUVO music-usage reporting and royalty transparency.

Proposed purchase of up to 100% of Serato for NZ$100–120 million plus possible earn-outs; New Zealand clearance was declined.

AudioShake transcription and AIMS search were combined for sync-licensing discovery.

EMPIRE agreed to use AudioShake stems and lyric tools across its catalog.

AudioShake technology powers LANDR's creator-facing Stems Plugin.

Tuned Global integrated AudioShake stems and lyrics for streaming and digital music clients.

AudioShake stem separation powers Tuney's Beat Swap remixing workflow.

Audiotonix acquired Graz audio-AI company sonible; transaction value was not disclosed.

BMAT Music Innovators transaction involving Improvize.

BMAT Music Innovators transaction involving Metro Media System.

BandLab acquired AI-powered digital music studio Aiode; financial terms were not disclosed.

BandLab acquired the Airbit beat marketplace to extend its creator toolset, including its AI idea generator.

Believe acquired Sentric from Utopia Music; the announcement valued Sentric at €47m on a 100% basis.

CJ ENM의 포자랩스 투자

Strategic investment that made CJ ENM Pozalabs' second-largest shareholder; amount not publicly stated in the announcement.

Cyanite acquired German AI sample-management platform aptone; terms were not disclosed.

DAACI acquisition of MXX; financial terms were not disclosed.

DAACI acquisition of WiSL; financial terms were not disclosed.

Disney Music Group expanded use of AudioShake stem separation and lyric transcription.

ElevenLabs identified a recent Believe licensing collaboration alongside Music v2.

ElevenLabs and FL Studio agreed to explore AI-assisted music-production workflows.

Secondary reporting identifies a separate opt-in Kobalt publishing license for Eleven Music.

Secondary reporting identifies a separate opt-in Merlin license for Eleven Music.

Epidemic Sound acquired Song Sleuth and launched the Aentidote recognition service.

Epidemic Sound acquired 100% of Soundly AS for a total purchase price of SEK63.48m, paid in cash and newly issued shares.

Collaboration combining Fujitsu AI expertise with Amadeus Code music-generation technology.

GEMA acquired a majority stake while SoundAware remained headquartered in Hilversum and operationally independent.

Cross-border collaboration commissioning Goldmedia to study generative AI’s impact on music in Germany and France.

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HYBE transaction that obtained control of Supertone in January 2023; press and acquisition-accounting figures require reconciliation.

Acquisition involving an in-scope AI-music or AI-audio organization.

KLAY announced separate commercial licenses covering Sony recorded music and publishing.

KLAY announced separate commercial licenses covering UMG recorded music and publishing.

KLAY announced separate commercial licenses covering Warner recorded music and publishing.

Copyright action filed by Koda against Suno; infringement allegations and requested remedies remain contested party claims.

LANDR acquired Reason Studios and announced future creator-focused AI integrations.

Partnership linking Oslo AI mastering technology with Stockholm music-distribution workflows.

Meloty states that it uses a licensed Mureka music model from Kunlun Tech; commercial terms are not disclosed.

Music AI integrated Cyanite music tagging, metadata extraction, and search capabilities.

Music AI integrated Masterchannel spatial-audio upmixing into stackable workflows.

RoEx multitrack mixing became available through Music AI's enterprise platform.

Music AI stem separation was embedded in SourceAudio's licensing and asset platform.

Musical AI and Beatoven announced a collaboration for licensed, attributable AI music training.

CreateBase integrated opt-in AI-training licensing through Musical AI.

Symphonic artists could opt into licensed AI-training datasets managed by Musical AI.

Ridge-i acquired a 53.77% majority stake in Star Music to combine AI with music and digital marketing.

Ridge-i acquired an additional 140,000 Star Music shares, increasing voting ownership to 66.98%.

SBI contracted to acquire Ridge-i's 66.98% Star Music stake for JPY 921m, with closing scheduled after the snapshot.

Commissioned research arrangement under which Know Media, with Universidad Carlos III collaboration, produced an AI-and-music study for SGAE.

Definitive asset-purchase agreement transferring RUSH Entertainment tournament-platform IP to SONIX; financial terms were not disclosed.

Songtradr acquisition of Hamburg music-search company Musicube.

SoundPatrol, UMG, and Sony announced neural fingerprinting for AI-related infringement detection.

SourceAudio and Musical AI linked cleared training data to output-level attribution.

Acquisition involving an in-scope AI-music or AI-audio organization.

Suno acquired concert-discovery platform Songkick from Warner Music Group.

Suno acquisition of WavTool, integrating its browser DAW technology and team.

Acquisition involving an in-scope AI-music or AI-audio organization.

Tuned Global acquired Figaro.ai and integrated its music-search technology and team.

UMG and BandLab announced a pro-creator AI alliance and planned commercial opportunities.

UMG and Endel agreed to create artist-led functional soundscapes using Endel's AI.

UMG and Meta expanded a multi-year license and committed to address unauthorized AI music.

UMG reached a strategic agreement to help shape ProRata's attribution work in music.

UMG and Roland formed a strategic relationship and published AI-music creation principles.

UMG artists can create private, authorized vocal models with SoundLabs' MicDrop plugin.

UMG and Splice announced exploration of commercial AI instruments and creation tools.

UMG and TikTok renewed licensing with stated generative-AI protections and restored UMG music.

UMG and Udio announced a legal settlement plus licenses for a new AI music service.

Utopia Music reportedly sold Absolute Label Services back to its original leadership; terms were not disclosed.

Utopia Music reportedly sold ROSTR back to founders Mark Williamson and Adam Watson; terms were not disclosed.

Vobile acquisition of US audio-identification and rights-management company Pex.

Partnership to verify training-dataset provenance and certify Voice-Swap models.

WMG and Stability AI announced development of artist-facing, professionally oriented AI tools.

WMG and Suno settled litigation and announced opt-in licensed models and artist controls.

WMG and Udio resolved litigation and set a framework for a licensed AI music service.

WPP announced the acquisition of amp; transaction value and closing date were not disclosed.

Warner Music Group agreement to acquire Sureel AI for AI-rights attribution capabilities.

YouTube launched an AI-music incubator with UMG artists, songwriters, and producers.

ibis acquired 100% of AI singing-voice company Techno-Speech for JPY 512m.