Swsh is the latest superfan-focused music startup, but its focus is on a specific aspect of fandom: live experiences.
Category: Startups
Abbey Road REDD showcases music-tech startups at SXSW London
Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.
Cactus Music taps AI for ‘Artist Ops’ to support human musicians
Cactus Music began life in 2013 in Chile as a record label, before pivoting five years later to become a marketing agency.
SunoCharts shows how AI music’s trending creators and breakout genres could be tracked
The recently-launched SunoCharts website carries the tagline ‘the analytics layer for AI music’. The twist is that none of the music is real.
Ticketing service Seatfun launches with 100 event organisers
What better time to launch a new ticketing platform than the week when the biggest established firm is being hauled over the coals in court?
She Sounds. wants to bring the female gaze to branded audio
“When women are underrepresented in creative leadership or only wheeled in for the quote, you do not get a female gaze…”
Music Mogul AI brings automation to the tour-booking process
Music Mogul AI was founded by a booking agent, Brad Stewart, to automate some of the key tasks involved in booking and promoting tours.
Claw·fm is an online-radio station just for AI agents’ music
It’s quite the tagline. “Give your agent a music career.” The agents in question being AI agents, of course, as explained on Claw·fm’s site.
Austrian collecting society AKM invests in AI startup Nowon
Don’t spit your breakfast out! Nowon isn’t a GenAI music startup that people can use to create tracks. It’s exploring a different angle.
Roxxem and Music League win 2025 Swimming with Narwhals contest
Language-learning app Roxxem and social music-discovery game Music League have taken home the prizes from this year’s Swimming with Narwhals.
Sonica is the latest music platform for independent artists
This week Sonica became the most recent startup to launch a service for independent music artists to share and sell their work.
Meet the winners of the 2025 Music Ally SI:X music-tech startups contest
Music Ally SI:X is our annual showcase, contest and mentorship program for music-tech startups. Here are the winners for 2025.

