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Tag: Startups
AI music-videos startup Neural Frames hits $5m annual run rate
Berlin-based startup Neural Frames has built a platform for creating music videos using AI, and its annual run rate (ARR – a projection of annual earnings from its current performance) has just crossed […]
International Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 nominees: Max Busin (Gotobeat)
Max Busin, founder and CEO of Gotobeat, is one of the nominees for our 2026 International Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs
In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […]
Sond is a sleep-tech startup using its own library of music
Music that puts you to sleep isn’t always an insult: sometimes it’s a business worth $7m of funding from investors when it emerges from stealth mode. That’s Sond, a Boston-based sleep-technology […]
Stream League turns Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ playlist into a fantasy draft
Can you predict the 10 biggest releases of the week by stream-counts? If so, a new site called Stream League may be right up your street.
Swedish startup Tonada is making AI music for retailers
Hands up anyone who didn’t think AI music was coming for the retail/business background-music sector? No hands? No surprises. As a target market, it’s low-hanging but extremely tempting fruit indeed. Tonada is one […]
Un:hurd Music launches its own ‘tech-enabled marketing agency’
Startup Un:hurd Music has been building its business of marketing-tools for artists, with more than 200,000 signed up. Now it’s launching a new venture for managers and labels called Contxt. It’s […]
Endel and Richie Hawtin’s ‘Deeper Focus’ gets ‘remastered and reduced’
Five years ago, techno titan Richie Hawtin teamed up with AI-music startup Endel to launch ‘Deeper Focus’ – an “adaptive soundscape” based on his samples and creative DNA. Since then, it […]
Voice x Music program seeks to help artists ‘return to their authentic voice’
Amsterdam-based business therapy practice called Voice has launched a new program called ‘Voice x Music’ this week.
AI music roundup: Udio on attribution, Splice, Tamber and more
We could have filled the entire Music Ally site with AI-music stories today. But with so much going on, combining them offers a snapshot.
Blue Frog Immersive gives VR concerts a go on Apple Vision Pro
2015-16 was boom-time for music virtual-reality startups – at least in terms the number of companies launching, rather than massive commercial success. Vrtify, Noys, Vrsus and Red Pill VR are long […]

