| Suno | |
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 Logo since July 1, 2024 | |
| Developers | Suno, Inc. |
| Initial release | December 20, 2023 (2 years ago) (2023-12-20) |
| Stable release | Suno v5 / September 23, 2025; 4 months ago (2025-09-23) Suno v4.5-all / October 21, 2025; 3 months ago (2025-10-21) Suno Studio / September 25, 2025; 4 months ago (2025-09-25) |
| Type | Generative artificial intelligence Music generation |
| Website | suno |
Suno is agenerative artificial intelligencemusic creation platform, distributed and operated throughWarner Music Group. It is adigital audio workstation, designed to generatepop music that can include vocals and instrumentation. The platform was initially developed bySuno, Inc., ofCambridge, Massachusetts. Suno has been widely available since December 20, 2023, after the launch of aweb application and a partnership withMicrosoft, which included Suno as a plugin inMicrosoft Copilot.[2]
The program operates by producing songs based ontext prompts provided by users. Suno, Inc., has been sued by theRecording Industry Association of America for copyright infringement, and thousands of musicians have signed a letter demanding that the company cease using copyrighted music in their training data.[3][4][5] Suno does not disclose the dataset used to train its artificial intelligence.
Suno, Inc., was founded by four people: Michael Shulman, Georg Kucsko, Martin Camacho, and Keenan Freyberg. They all worked for Kensho, an AI startup, before starting their own company inCambridge, Massachusetts.[6]
In April 2023, Suno released theiropen-source text-to-speech and audio model called "Bark" onGitHub.[7] On March 21, 2024, Suno released its V3 version for all users.[8] The new version allowed users to create a limited number of four-minute songs using a free account.[9] Users can pay for more features.[10] In April 2024, asentimental ballad was generated with Suno based on the text of the MIT License.[11]
On July 1, 2024, a mobile app for Suno was released.[12]
On November 19, 2024, Suno upgraded its AI song model program to v4.[13][14]
In January 2025, Michael Shulman remarked on a podcast, "I think the majority of people don't enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music."[15][3]
In July 2025, Suno user imoliver signed a record deal withHallwood Media, which became the first instance of a traditional music label signing an AI-based creator.[16] Hallwood later signed with AI-artistXania Monet for US$3 million.[17] Monet's songs were generated by Suno AI by poet Telisha Jones.[1]
In November 2025, Suno agreed to a $500 million dollar lawsuit settlement, in which Suno would be allowed to train its models onWarner Music Group's music catalog, and WMG would take overhead of AI likeness, music, audio, software, copyrights, AI tools and music created by users on Suno.[18]
In June 2024, a lawsuit, led by theRecording Industry Association of America, was filed against Suno andUdio alleging widespread infringement of copyrighted sound recordings. The lawsuit sought to bar the companies from training on copyrighted music, as well as damages of up to $150,000 per work from infringements that have already taken place.[5][19]
In March 2025, one day after thousands of musicians includingThom Yorke and ABBA'sBjörn Ulvaeus signed a letter calling for Suno to stop training its model on copyrighted music,Timbaland endorsed Suno in a video on the company's website.[3][4][20]
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