Music creation start-up Mozart AI has raised $6 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Balderton Capital.
The company has also launched its mobile app.
The latest funding comes months after a $1.1m pre-seed round, taking the company’s total funding to $7m-plus.
Mercuri (early stage MediaTech VC), EWOR, Kevin Hartz (Eventbrite founder), Charles Ferguson (Oscar-winning director) and Emery Wells (Frame.io founder) participated in the latest round, alongside existing investors and strategic angels from music, AI and creator technology.
The funding will be used to grow the team and expand Mozart AI’s core tech ahead of a full public release. Since its September beta launch, Mozart AI has seen 100,000-plus artists signing up in the first two months, with one million songs now created on the platform.
“In an industry where legacy software has dominated for decades, Mozart AI is bringing a creator-first approach to integrating AI to ensure technology amplifies creativity rather than competing with it,” said a statement. Mozart AI is aimed at music creators ranging from seasoned producers to amateur musicians.
Mozart AI is built on top of commercially cleared third-party generative models. ElevenLabs, one of the company’s primary model providers, is only trained on licensed materials, which allows the users of Mozart AI to freely use their music in commercial areas.
The AI offers context-aware stem generation, real-time suggestions for midi progressions and drums, synth and effect generation, and the ability to riff and remix any sound into a new style. It also automatically manages tasks like quantisation and time stretching.
As an additional feature, users can also create their own music videos and upload them to social media platforms.
Sundar Arvind, CEO and co-founder of Mozart AI, said: “The creative process has always been integral to music-making and to music’s role in shaping global culture. Far from replacing creativity, AI is levelling up that adrenaline-filled process through which musicians compose and discover the right sounds. Mozart AI is building powerful generative tools for the next era of collaborative music creation that will enable every artist – from casual creators to professional producers – to turn any idea into a release-ready song in minutes, with commercial rights.
“We’re building toward a world where a spark of creativity – a guitar riff, a melody, an idea – can be transformed into a fully produced, monetisable song with a professional music video, without requiring technical knowledge or fragmented tools.”
Mozart AI is building powerful generative tools for the next era of collaborative music creation
Sundar Arvind
Ash Pournori, producer, music executive and former manager of Swedish DJ Avicii, said: “The big winners in the music AI race will be the platforms that present themselves as tools rather than threats to creatives. There’s an opportunity for technology to amplify and enhance talent, allowing more people to make and publish meaningful music without detracting from an artist’s skill or originality.”
Umair Ali, Kodak Black and Lil Baby’s producer, said: “As a creative technologist and producer, Mozart Studio is one of the first AI music tools I’ve tried that actually accelerates ideation without flattening the creative process. It feels like an always-on sketchpad for hooks, melodies, and arrangement. It helps you get from a rough concept to something session-ready fast, then refine it like a real record.”
Daniel Waterhouse, general partner at Balderton Capital, said: “AI is impacting every industry, and music is no different. The companies that win will be those that work with and for musicians, not against them. That’s why we’re so excited about Mozart AI, whose exceptional founding team includes musicians, technologists, and serial entrepreneurs, with deep roots in the industry.
“Instead of being stunted by clunky and inaccessible legacy software, Mozart AI enables musicians and music enthusiasts to spend more time on the actual creative process, experimenting and iterating on their ideas with ease and speed. This team is building with exceptional focus and we’re excited to invest in the next generation of music technology.”
PHOTO: (L-R) Mozart AI founders Pascual Merita Torres, Sundar Arvind and Arjun Khanna
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