MS
Mikey Shulman
Co-Founder & CEO
Harvard University
Web and mobile app for AI-generated music with vocals and instrumentation; includes Suno Studio (generative audio workstation) and v5 music model.
Web and mobile app for AI-generated music with vocals and instrumentation; includes Suno Studio (generative audio workstation) and v5 music model.
Suno was founded in 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Mikey Shulman, Georg Kucsko, Martin Camacho and Keenan Freyberg. All four met at Kensho, an AI startup acquired by S&P Global, where they worked on NLP and audio projects including transcribing earnings calls. Wrestling with messy audio data convinced them that sound was a richer and more under-served modality than text. They began experimenting at night with speech models that could hum, whistle and sing, and those late-night sessions became the foundation for Suno. CEO Mikey Shulman holds a PhD in physics from Harvard.
Reports indicated Suno is in the midst of a Series D round at approximately a $5B valuation, following its November 2025 Series C raise at $2.45B.
WBUR profile of Suno's evolving relationship with the music industry, including its Cambridge HQ and shift toward licensing deals after the RIAA lawsuits.
Warner Music Group settled its copyright lawsuit against Suno in a first-of-its-kind AI music licensing deal, with Suno acquiring Songkick from WMG as part of the agreement.
Suno closed a $250M Series C led by Menlo Ventures with NVIDIA's NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed and Matrix, valuing the AI music startup at $2.45B on roughly $200M ARR.
Suno CEO Mikey Shulman discussed the company's mission to make music creation accessible to everyone on the Sequoia Capital podcast, including the team's origin at Kensho.
Suno introduced Suno Studio (generative audio workstation with AI stem generation) and v5 music model with improved vocals.
Billboard cover story on Suno's rise, technology, and conflict with the major labels as it positioned itself as either an existential threat or partner to the music industry.
Suno publicly defended its training and generation pipeline in pre-trial filings, arguing none of the millions of tracks made on its platform contain anything resembling a sample of the labels' songs.
Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued Suno in federal court in Massachusetts, alleging Suno copied 662 songs without permission to train its AI music model.
Suno raised a $125M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Matrix and Founder Collective at an estimated $500M valuation.
Co-Founder & CEO
Harvard University
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
$375M raised total
No H1B sponsorship data available for this company.