Suno is now generating 7 million songs a day — how will that change the music industry? Mikey Shulman, CEO and co-founder of Suno, joins Billboard On The Record to explain how he built the popular — but controversial — AI music company. Suno can generate new songs in seconds, and it has become the hottest topic in the music industry. In the interview, Shulman explains how Suno is being adopted by “Grammy winners” and “grandmothers” alike. He discusses the songwriting camps the company has been putting on, its private VIP program, new features like Hooks — its TikTok-like social media feed — and why he doesn’t see himself selling the start-up to an AI giant down the line. Shulman also talks about Suno’s new deal with Warner Music Group, why he feels training on music without a license is legal and why he believes record labels still matter.
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Host:
Kristin Robinson
Executive Producers:
Diona DaCosta
Jade Watson
Produced By:
Kayla Forman
Mateo Vergara
Edited By:
Rachel Derbyshire
0:00 – Intro: Suno, the most controversial company in music
0:49 – Welcome & Grammy Week check-in
1:39 – Suno’s songwriting camps: why they matter
3:30 – AI’s impact on artists — more music or more intentional releases?
5:50 – The origin story: how Suno was built
7:36 – Why Discord was the launch platform
8:55 – Why pursue music when investors didn’t believe in it?
10:25 – The Warner Music Group deal & settling the lawsuit
13:00 – Relaunching with licensed music: will it be enough?
15:50 – Why Suno launched without licensing in the first place
17:55 – The “walled garden” debate with the majors
19:55 – Suno’s vision for music consumption & streaming
23:00 – Introducing “Hooks” — Suno’s TikTok-like feature
23:55 – Talking to investors vs. the music industry: LA vs. SF
25:45 – What skeptics get wrong about Suno
26:30 – The viral quote: “Most people don’t enjoy making music”
27:30 – “Suno is the Ozempic of music” — clarifying the analogy
29:05 – Who is Suno’s target audience?
30:55 – Suno’s Series C: $250M raised — how investor conversations changed
33:20 – The breakthrough moment: when Suno first worked
38:05 – AI music on streaming: should it live alongside human-made music?
41:35 – Bandcamp’s ban & iHeart’s “Guaranteed Human” program
42:50 – Suno Sounds: the new loops/sound effects feature
44:10 – Who are Suno’s real competitors?
47:35 – Suno’s user demographics: why 25–34 year old men?
49:10 – What to say to musicians who are scared of AI
51:55 – Suno as a “music super app” — not a record label
56:30 – Is AI-assisted music already on the Hot 100?
57:55 – “What Would You Queue?” — closing game
1:01:05 – Outro & Season 2 premiere announcement
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It’s not art though!
What is Suno doing to give back to the original creators from whom they are making millions of dollars? they have no right or protection on suno platform.
Key Is the fear factor and being overwhelmed. Suno is a tool. Like a screwdriver. If you know how to use it and you love doing it. That’s that. If you don’t care or think it’s bad for somehow. leave it alone
What a tool
This guy is such a weasel
Imagine me write my own lyrics in my language then boom suno finalized in just 15minute thanks guys no more struggling in a queue of a studio….
This guy Mikey doesn’t give two fucks about anything as long as he gets rich.