Songclip (Audiobyte)

What Songclip (Audiobyte) does

Songclip (also referred to as Audiobyte) is a San Francisco-based for-profit SaaS company founded in 2016 that operates the "first Social Music API" — a technology platform enabling social and digital applications to integrate licensed music into their user experiences. The company sits in the B2B infrastructure layer of the music ecosystem, abstracting music licensing and embedding mechanics so that third-party platforms can legally and programmatically surface music content.

The company's product is delivered as an API platform, suggesting a developer- and partner-led go-to-market motion in which platform integrators embed Songclip's functionality into their own products. The company is privately held, headquartered in San Francisco, and operates with a small team (11–50 employees). Across four funding rounds between 2017 and 2021, Songclip raised approximately $22.9M in aggregate, with strategic participation from media-industry investors including iHeartMedia, Hear Music, Soundscan, and The Kraft Group — a mix that suggests distribution-oriented alliances rather than purely financial capital.

Songclip's revenue model, pricing, customer list, and contract economics are not disclosed in the available source data. The company's competitive premise relies on aggregating and licensing music rights in a form consumable by digital platforms, with switching costs created once integrations are built. Leadership includes co-founder and CEO Andy Blacker, and engineering is led by Omar Aguirre (Head of Engineering), with John Kenny and Andrew McKee serving as directors/investors.

Name

Songclip (Audiobyte)

Website

https://songclip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Songclip (Audiobyte) is a San Francisco-based SaaS company founded in 2016 that operates the first Social Music API, a platform enabling social and digital applications to programmatically integrate licensed music into their products and user experiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Licensing API Platform

NAICS

Music Publishers (51223), Sound Recording Industries (5122)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Music & Audio Streaming Platforms (BPAMAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

Keywords

• Music licensing API
• Social music integration
• Licensed music platform
• Music rights management
• Audio API services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Songclip (Audiobyte) provides the first Social Music API as a SaaS technology platform that allows social and digital platforms to integrate licensed music into their products. The company aggregates cleared music rights and exposes them through an API that developers and platform operators can consume. The platform targets the licensing and integration gap between music rights holders and social/digital product experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Music API A SaaS-based API platform that enables social and digital platforms to integrate licensed music into their products, targeting developers and platform operators that need cleared music rights for user-facing experiences.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Artlist: Licensed music and sound effects platform for content creators, agencies, and platforms. Highly comparable to Songclip's licensed-music-for-digital-platforms proposition, with overlapping customer segments.
• Soundstripe: Subscription music and sound effects licensing service for video creators, brands, and platforms. Similar B2B licensing infrastructure model targeting social/digital video use cases overlapping with Songclip's.
• Kobalt Music Group: Music publishing and rights administration technology company that sits between songwriters, labels, and digital platforms. Comparable to Songclip in the music rights infrastructure layer, particularly for licensing on social/streaming platforms.
• Epidemic Sound: Subscription-based music licensing platform serving digital content creators and platforms. Comparable to Songclip as a B2B music rights intermediary enabling music use in user-generated and social content.
• 7digital: B2B music platform providing APIs, catalogs, and licensing infrastructure to streaming services, broadcasters, and apps. Directly comparable as a music API/technology provider serving digital platforms.
• Audiam: Music rights administration and licensing technology for digital platforms. Operates in the same music rights infrastructure space as Songclip, helping platforms properly license and pay for musical works used in their services.
• Feed Media Group: B2B music API platform that delivers licensed music to apps and social products. Direct comparable to Songclip because both expose licensed music via developer-friendly APIs to digital platforms rather than competing as consumer DSPs.

Emerging players

• UnitedMasters: Music distribution and rights technology company that helps independent artists distribute to digital platforms and monetize via sync/brand deals. Comparable as an emerging music-tech intermediary that operates between rights holders and digital platforms.

Broad incumbents

• Spotify: Largest global on-demand music streaming platform with growing B2B offerings (e.g., Spotify for Artists, advertising APIs, background music). A broader incumbent in the music platform space that competes for the same music-rights-to-platforms value chain Songclip addresses.
• Apple Music (Apple): Major music streaming platform with embedded rights relationships across labels and publishers. A broader incumbent that could choose to extend its licensing infrastructure into third-party platforms, posing a competitive threat to Songclip.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors19 records

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M&A

Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Songclip (Audiobyte)