Suno
About
Suno generates songs with vocals from text prompts. It was founded by Mikey Shulman, Georg Kucsko, Martin Camacho and Keenan Freyberg, all formerly of Kensho, and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; public launch was December 2023 (Wikipedia). Mikey Shulman is co-founder and CEO; the Suno blog lists Jack Brody as Chief Product Officer and Paul Sinclair as Chief Music Officer.
Products
- Suno: music generation. Wikipedia timeline: v4.5 (2025-05), v5 and Suno Studio (2025-09), v5.5 (2026-03-26), Studio 2.0 with MIDI editing (2026-08-13), v6 family (v6, v6-wild, v6-mini; 2026-09-09), speech model in beta (2026-10-01).
Funding and deals
- 2025-11: Series C, USD 250M at USD 2.45B valuation (Suno blog).
- 2026-06-03: Series D, USD 400M at USD 5.4B valuation (Suno blog).
- 2025-11: settlement and licensing agreement with Warner Music Group; Suno also acquired the Songkick platform from Warner. 2026-08: licensing deal with BMG; 2026-09: partnership with Believe and TuneCore (Wikipedia).
Legal
- Sued by the RIAA labels in 2024-06. Per Wikipedia, as of September 2026 Universal and Sony remain plaintiffs (a second suit filed 2026-09-18 over v6) while other major-label claims are settled. Further actions by GEMA (Munich ruling 2026-07-31), KODA, SOCAN, Round Hill Music and a class action by artists are listed there; not individually verified.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suno_(platform) (secondary, accessed 2026-10-05)
- https://suno.com/blog (accessed 2026-10-05)
Open items
- Legal claims taken from Wikipedia only; check court filings or press before relying on them.