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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
AI music generation. Defendant alongside Udio in the RIAA copyright litigation filed June 2024. Series B raised $125M at a $500M valuation in 2024 led by Lightspeed. Mass-market consumer traction; aggressive subscription pricing. Suno was founded in 2022, is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and employs ~80.
Suno has raised ~$650M+ in total at a $5.4B valuation, based on the funding rounds Sterling tracks.
Sterling groups Suno in the AI Software sector, alongside Perplexity (private), ElevenLabs (private), Midjourney (private) and Runway (private).
If you are researching Suno, also look at Perplexity (private), ElevenLabs (private) and Midjourney (private). You can browse the full AI Software sector on Sterling.