Muso.AI

What Muso.AI does

Muso.AI is a privately held, U.S.-based software company founded in 2017 at NRG Recording Studios in Los Angeles by Aaron Kaufman, Jay Baumgardner, and Kyran de Keijzer. The company operates a music metadata and credits platform that uses AI and machine learning to merge, deduplicate, and verify contributor information across streaming services, social platforms, and industry datasets, addressing a market problem in which roughly 95% of music collaborators are not properly credited on digital platforms. The platform covers 50+ million songs and tracks credit and streaming performance across 11 platforms including Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok, and Shazam, with daily data refresh and a community-driven verification model combining legal ID validation and social account linking.

The product portfolio centers on a freemium tiered subscription model. Muso.AI Lite is free; Pro is priced at $12.50/month for individual professionals and includes analytics, discography playlists, and milestones; Business starts at $30/month and scales by profile and user count, targeting publishers, labels, studios, management companies, and educational institutions with multi-user workspaces and roster analytics. An Audits add-on at $10/month (annual billing) leverages MLC data to identify missing works and unmatched recordings for mechanical royalty recovery. Distribution combines self-serve PLG (web, iOS, Android), a public Developer API, and direct enterprise sales. Verified credits propagate to industry partners including Airgigs, Music Story, and Campsite. Named customers include Napster, SoundExchange, Netflix, Rimas Publishing, Neon16, and AAM. The company is headquartered in Miami with additional offices in Houston and Los Angeles and reports 51-100 employees. No external funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, or regulatory actions are disclosed.

Name

Muso.AI

Legal name

Muso.AI

Website

https://muso.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Muso.AI is a music metadata platform that uses AI/ML to verify, merge, and track music credits and streaming analytics across 11 platforms, serving individual music professionals, publishers, labels, studios, and management companies via tiered subscriptions and an MLC royalty-recovery add-on.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Credits and Analytics Software

NAICS

Sound Recording Industries (5122), Music Publishers (512230), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Standards, Registries & Interoperability Services (EIDR/ISAN, CPE, DDEX) (MPAHALAO)

Keywords

• Music credits platform
• Music metadata management
• Music streaming analytics
• Royalty audit software
• Music rights data

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Lite Tier: Free tier providing basic profile management, credit viewing, and limited notifications. Serves as acquisition layer for conversion to paid tiers.
2. Subscription - Pro Tier: Monthly subscription at $12.50/month providing profile analytics, discography playlists, milestones and charts for individual music professionals. Additional Pro seats available at $7.50/month each.
3. Subscription - Business Tier: Enterprise tier at $30+ per month providing company analytics, roster analytics, multi-user workspace for publishers, labels, studios, and management companies. Pricing scales by profile count (1-5 profiles: $30/month, 6-10: $50/month, etc.) and user count.
4. Subscription - Audits Add-on: Add-on subscription at $10/month (billed annually) for MLC catalog audits to identify missing mechanical royalties. Includes 5 Pro Seats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Muso.AI provides an AI-powered music credits and analytics platform that allows music professionals and music companies to view, manage, verify, and fix credits across streaming platforms, track streaming performance across 11 services, and audit catalogs for missing mechanical royalties at the MLC. The platform combines a community-verified credit database with cross-platform analytics and an enterprise roster dashboard delivered through subscription tiers (Lite, Pro, Business) plus an annual audits add-on.

Product overview

Muso.AI is a unified music credits platform built as a core database with tiered subscription products. The platform centers on the Muso.AI Credits Management system for verified music credits, complemented by Muso.AI Pro (Analytics) for streaming performance tracking, and Muso.AI Business for enterprise roster and catalog management. Additional modules include Audits for MLC royalty recovery and Catalog Audits add-on. The platform uses AI/ML for metadata merging and playlist curation, tracking data across 11 streaming platforms. All tiers connect to industry partners including Airgigs, Music Story, and Campsite for credit synchronization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Muso.AI Credits Management Verified music credits database enabling artists and music professionals to view, manage, and fix missing credits across platforms. Supports profile claiming, merging, and legacy credit updates.
• Muso.AI Lite Free tier allowing users to manage credits, update their profile page, access a company page, and receive notifications for credit updates.
• Muso.AI Pro (Analytics) Paid analytics subscription providing lifetime streaming data, daily performance updates, and credit tracking across multiple streaming platforms. Users can sort analytics by track, album, role, and collaborator with access to milestones, charts, and AI-curated discography playlists.
• Muso.AI Business Multi-seat enterprise tier for publishers, labels, studios, management companies, and educational institutions. Includes company analytics, roster analytics, multi-user workspace, and list management for up to 500+ profiles.
• Muso.AI Audits Mechanical royalty audit tool that identifies missing works and unmatched recordings at the MLC. Helps songwriters recover unpaid mechanical royalties by detecting unlinked recordings, missing ISRCs, and ISRC-to-ISWC mismatches. Audits refresh weekly with the latest MLC data.
• Muso.AI Developer API Public REST API for search, profile credits, collaborators, and track details that allows third-party developers to embed Muso.AI's verified credit data into their own applications.
• Muso.AI Mobile App Native mobile application for iOS and Android enabling users to manage credits, capture new collaborations, merge profiles, and access analytics on the go.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50 million songs with missing credits addressed through the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AirgigscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCredits edited and verified through Muso.AI are automatically shared with Airgigs, ensuring that user-made fixes and additions propagate to industry partner systems, creating value for both platforms and the broader music ecosystem.
• Music StorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusic Story is an industry partner that receives verified credit data from Muso.AI, helping ensure that the fixes and corrections made by users reach the platforms where music credits matter most.
• CampsiteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampsite is an industry partner where verified music credits from Muso.AI are shared, extending the reach of credit corrections to additional platforms in the music industry ecosystem.
• NRG Recording StudioscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles is where Muso.AI was founded in 2017. This is a foundational partnership/homestead that inspired the creation of the platform as a place where every music professional's contributions can be documented and verified.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Music Gateway: Music industry platform serving songwriters, producers, and labels with sync licensing, collaboration, and metadata tools — overlaps with Muso.AI's professional profile and discovery offerings for indie creators.
• Vampr: Music collaboration and networking app for artists and producers that builds verified profiles and discovery — adjacent credit/profiling functionality aimed at the same behind-the-scenes creative segment.
• Splice: Music creation and production platform with credits, samples, and collaboration tools used by producers — adjacent platform serving the same songwriter/producer audience Muso.AI's professional tier targets.

Broad incumbents

• Shazam (Apple): Music recognition service owned by Apple that also touches music metadata and discovery at massive scale — relevant as a broad incumbent on the metadata/recognition front where Muso.AI operates.
• Kobalt Music Group: Large independent music publisher and technology platform offering royalty collection, rights administration, and data tools across catalogs — overlaps with Muso.AI's enterprise publisher tier at significantly larger scale.
• BMG: Major global music publisher and rights management company with publishing administration, royalty processing, and catalog operations that intersect with Muso.AI's publisher and label customer segments.

Direct peers

• Audiam: Music royalty recovery and song registration service focused on mechanical and performance royalties, including ISRC/ISWC matching — competes head-to-head with Muso.AI's MLC audit and credit-correction capabilities.
• Identifyy: Creator attribution and rights management platform operating in adjacent music metadata and credit-resolution workflows, providing a direct point of comparison for Muso.AI's credit database and matching approach.
• Songtrust: Music publishing administration platform that handles song registration, royalty collection, and rights management for songwriters and publishers worldwide — directly overlapping Muso.AI's credit and rights-attribution workflows.
• Sentric Music: Independent music publishing administrator and royalty collector providing rights admin, song registration, and royalty processing tools for songwriters and publishers — directly comparable credit and rights layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ai_muso
• Facebookfacebook.com/MusoAIapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/muso-ai
• Instagraminstagram.com/muso.ai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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