📣 Introducing the Music Ally SI:X 2024 finalists:
➡️ Aiode, whose virtual AI musicians will accompany human artists
➡️ ALLOY sync distro., which is building a new sync-metadata format
➡️ Ampy, which helps artists sell to superfans and tap into analytics
➡️ Camb.ai, from the field of ‘voice LLMs’ putting AI to various audio uses
➡️ China Music Audit, which is chasing down missing royalties in China
➡️ Different Breed ®, a disabled-run startup serving disabled concertgoers
➡️ Equa.ls, whose app gets people to curate music (and possibly earn money)
➡️ foreplai, a pay-per-play streaming service due to launch in 2025
➡️ Hangout, a reinvention of famous social-music service Turntable.fm
➡️ Human Native AI, a platform to fuel ethical licensing for AI training
➡️ MAIA Universe, which wants to deliver ‘frictionless’ sync licensing
➡️ Memory Tracks, supporting people with ADHD and medication adherence
➡️ Musikind Our Song: Sing Together, Be Together, which helps people with dementia to sing with family and friends
➡️ Overtune, an inventive music-creation app with a dash of AI included
➡️ Rescape Innovation Ltd, treating pain and anxiety with music and virtual reality
➡️ Setmixer, which is recording concerts in multi-track studio quality
➡️ SoundLabs AI, founded by trance legend BT to help artists clone their voices
➡️ SYNKii, a clever service for piano teachers to hold online video lessons
➡️ ViNIL, which is building a system for consent and control in the AI world
➡️ Voice-Swap, founded by DJ Fresh, also to enable ethical voice-cloning
➡️ Vollou, putting a Shazam-style app to use for accurate PRO reporting
As sponsors of this global showcase and mentorship programme, Music Foundry will provide hands-on strategic advice to the successful early-stage music tech startups.
Stay tuned for the winner announcements in due course.
Thanks to Paul Brindley and shout-out to our fellow sponsors: Amazon Music, ASCAP Lab, Red Bull Media House, Reed Smith LLP, and Universal Music Group Digital Innovation.
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