SONOTELLER

What SONOTELLER does

SONOTELLER is a Madrid-based, privately held SaaS company that builds an AI engine for analyzing songs across both lyrics and audio. The platform "listens" to music files and produces a structured profile for each track covering summary, language recognition, explicit-content flagging, themes, genres, subgenres, moods, instruments, BPM, key, vocal characteristics, and a proprietary "golden minute" (chorus/highlight) timestamp. Output is delivered as DDEX-compliant metadata suitable for ingestion by digital service providers (DSPs) and is positioned for catalog management, playlist creation, search, recommendation, and audience profiling use cases. The product is offered in two surfaces: a self-serve web demo (sonoteller.ai) where users can analyze tracks via YouTube URL or artist/title search, and an API for automated bulk analysis and tagging of owned music catalogs. The company was founded in 2023, employs 1-10 people, remains in beta, and was acquired by Chordal in 2024; founder Edu Duque is the publicly named creator.

The business model combines a freemium, PLG entry point (free web demo) with usage-based API revenue and discounted enterprise licensing targeted at music labels and publishers (up to 50% off for industry professionals). The go-to-market is API-first for B2B catalog workflows, supplemented by earned media coverage (Fast Company, Product Hunt, Digital Trends, Prompts Ninja, AI Tools Explorer) and a distribution partnership — now an acquisition — with Chordal, which routes SONOTELLER features to music supervisors and content companies. Pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed; interested customers are directed to contact [email protected].

Name

SONOTELLER

Website

https://sonoteller.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SONOTELLER is a Madrid-based AI SaaS platform that analyzes song lyrics and audio to produce structured profiles (genre, mood, BPM, key, themes, golden minute) for music lovers, labels, publishers, and content companies via a web demo and API.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Music Analytics

NAICS

Sound Recording Industries (5122), Sound Recording Studios (51224)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Music Creation & Assistive Tools (Generation, Separation, Mastering) (MPAIAIAG), Rights Data, Metadata, Identifier & Repertoire Management (ISWC/ISRC/IPI, Matching) (MPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• AI music analysis
• Lyrics analysis
• Music catalog tagging
• Audio AI
• DDEX metadata

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. API Services: SONOTELLER offers API endpoints for music, lyrics analysis and sections tagging that can be seamlessly synced with catalog management workflows. Revenue is generated through API usage, likely consumption-based or subscription pricing for B2B customers including music labels and publishers.
2. Enterprise Licensing: Special offers for music labels and publishers including up to 50% discount for industry professionals. B2B licensing arrangements for catalog management and music auto-tagging at scale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SONOTELLER is an AI-powered song analysis engine that listens to music files and produces comprehensive profiles covering lyrics (summary, language, themes, explicit content) and music attributes (genres, subgenres, moods, instruments, BPM, key, vocals), including a proprietary "golden minute" highlight detection. It is sold both as a self-serve web product for on-demand song analysis and as a REST API for automated, at-scale music catalog tagging, with DDEX compliant metadata output for delivery to streaming platforms.

Product overview

SONOTELLER is a single unified AI music analysis platform consisting of the core SONOTELLER web product and the SONOTELLER API. The web product provides on-demand song analysis through search or YouTube URL input, while the API enables bulk automated analysis and tagging for music labels, publishers, and content companies. Both offerings share the same underlying AI engine for lyrics and music analysis, with DDEX compliant metadata output for DSP distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SONOTELLER (Web Platform) Self-serve web product that lets users search an artist/title or paste a YouTube URL to receive a comprehensive AI-generated song profile: lyrics analysis (summary, language, themes, explicit content) and music analysis (genres, subgenres, moods, instruments, BPM, key, vocals), plus golden minute / highlight extraction. YouTube is used for demo purposes only.
• SONOTELLER API REST API endpoints for automated, at-scale music analysis and tagging, supporting music analysis, lyrics analysis, and section tagging with DDEX compliant metadata output (including lyrical themes). Targeted at music labels, publishers, music supervisors, and content companies for bulk processing inside existing catalog management workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average analysis time of 1 minute for both lyrics and music

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ChordalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSONOTELLER partnered with Chordal to enhance features for Music Supervisors and Content Companies. The partnership streamlined music analysis capabilities for the content industry. SONOTELLER has subsequently announced joining Chordal, as referenced in the blog announcement at blog.chordal.com.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Musixmatch: Musixmatch is the world's largest lyrics platform and operates Musixmatch Pro, which delivers lyrics and music metadata to labels, publishers, and DSPs at scale. It is the closest direct competitor to SONOTELLER's lyrics analysis and catalog metadata offering, serving the same B2B catalog-tagging use case.
• Cyanite: Cyanite provides AI-powered music tagging and recommendation APIs that analyze mood, genre, instrumentation, and similar-track matching. It competes head-to-head with SONOTELLER's automatic tagging value proposition for music catalogs and DSP integrations.
• ACRCloud: ACRCloud offers audio recognition, music fingerprinting, and AI-based music tagging APIs for catalogs and broadcasters. It overlaps with SONOTELLER's API-first, automated music analysis offering for enterprise catalog workflows.
• Songtell: Songtell is a consumer-facing AI service that analyzes songs and lyrics to generate meanings and insights. It overlaps directly with SONOTELLER's consumer web product that ingests song titles/YouTube URLs to produce AI-generated song profiles.

Emerging players

• Chartmetric: Chartmetric is a music industry analytics platform that aggregates streaming, social, and chart data for labels, artists, and publishers. While more analytics-oriented than SONOTELLER, it serves the same music industry customers who need richer catalog and audience insight.
• Soundcharts: Soundcharts provides music industry data and analytics on streaming, radio, and social performance for labels and publishers. It serves a similar B2B music-industry customer base as SONOTELLER, though focused on performance data rather than audio content analysis.
• TuneBat: TuneBat is a consumer-facing AI service that estimates BPM, key, and other audio attributes for songs from YouTube and Spotify. It overlaps with SONOTELLER's music analysis output (BPM, key, genre detection) and similar YouTube-URL ingestion workflow.
• Boomy: Boomy is an AI music generation platform that lets users create and distribute original songs, with tools aimed at independent creators and labels. It is a thematic peer — AI applied to music production and distribution — though positioned upstream of SONOTELLER in the creation chain.

Broad incumbents

• Songtradr: Songtradr is a music licensing and catalog management platform with B2B tools for rights holders, content creators, and brands. Its catalog tooling overlaps with SONOTELLER's catalog metadata and tagging positioning for music supervisors and content companies.
• LANDR: LANDR offers AI-powered audio production tools including AI mastering, distribution, and collaboration features for musicians and labels. It shares SONOTELLER's AI-for-music-producers positioning and serves a creator/labels customer base, though focused on mastering rather than analysis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sonoteller

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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