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Generative music platform. Text-to-song in seconds, now with one major label licensed and two still suing
Valuation (Jun 2026 Series C)
$5.4B
more than 2x from $2.45B (Nov 2025)
Annualized Revenue (early 2026)
~$300M
2M+ subscribers as of Feb 2026
Cumulative Songs Generated
1.5B+
Crossed Sep 2024; pace ~5M+ songs / day
Label Litigation
Warner settled; UMG + Sony ongoing
labels amended the complaint to add 61,000+ songs
Total raised: ~$650M+ · Latest valuation: $5.4B
| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Key Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2023 | Undisclosed | - | Matrix PartnersFounder Collective |
| Series A | May 2024 | $125M | $500M | Lightspeed (lead)Nat FriedmanDaniel GrossMatrix Partners+1 more |
| Series B | Nov 2025 | ~$250M | $2.45B | Lightspeed (lead)existing investor syndicate |
| Series C | Jun 2026 | $400M | $5.4B | Bond Capital (lead)IVPForerunnerUnion Square Ventures+1 more |
| Product | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Suno v4 | Frontier text-to-music model (full songs, instrumentals, vocals) | GA (Nov 2024) |
| Suno Web App | Free + Pro consumer subscriptions | GA |
| Suno Mobile | iOS + Android apps | GA (Feb 2025) |
| Suno Studio | Multi-track DAW with stem isolation + remix tools | GA (Jul 2025) |
| Suno API | Developer API for music generation | GA |
Settled its copyright suit (Nov 2025) and signed a licensing deal; Suno's first partnership with a major label.
May 2024 integration: Copilot users can generate Suno songs from a prompt; one of the largest single-day user-base expansions for Suno.
Bond led the Jun 2026 Series C; Lightspeed led the Series A and B.
Mikey Shulman, Georg Kucsko, Martin Camacho, Keenan Freyberg (all ex-Kensho Technologies) launch Suno in Cambridge, MA
First viral text-to-song product; Discord + web app reach 1M users in first weeks
Higher-fidelity model; copyright-aware lyric generation added
Lightspeed leads $125M; Microsoft Copilot integration launched
Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records file copyright suit; alleges training on commercial sound recordings without license
Frontier-grade music model; remaster + extend features for production workflows
iOS + Android apps go live; rapid consumer growth
DAW-style multi-track editing with stem isolation; targets professional producers
Warner Music settles its case and signs a licensing partnership, Suno's first deal with a major label; UMG and Sony stay in litigation
$400M led by Bond Capital more than doubles the November valuation; ARR reportedly ~$300M