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Warner Music Group announced a licensing deal with AI music startup Udio in November 2025, settling a prior copyright lawsuit and establishing a framework for Udio to build a licensed AI music creation, listening, and discovery platform targeted to launch in 2026.
Details
Under the agreement, Udio will develop a next-generation subscription platform powered by generative AI models trained on licensed and authorized WMG music. The platform will allow users to make remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices and compositions of artists who choose to opt in, with those artists credited and paid. Udio will transition away from its current closed system to fully licensed applications ahead of the 2026 launch. The deal covers both WMG's recorded music and music publishing businesses.
Products affected
Udio AI music platform
Sources & Evidence
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Warner Music Group: Warner Music Group announced a licensing deal with AI music startup Udio in November 2025, settling a prior copyright lawsuit and establishing a framework for Udio to build a licensed AI music creation, listening, and discovery platform targeted to launch in 2026 (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/f484a3d1-c683-4df1-89d1-32f0875110cc. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/f484a3d1-c683-4df1-89d1-32f0875110cc
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- May 11, 2026
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Other practices by Warner Music Group
OtherWarner Music Group announced a licensing agreement with AI music startup Klay Vision in November 2025, granting the company access to WMG's recorded music and publishing catalogs to train a large music model for an AI-driven subscription music platform.Creative GenWarner Music Group announced a collaboration with Stability AI in November 2025 to develop professional-grade AI tools for music creation, designed for use by artists, songwriters, and producers. As of the announcement date, the tools were in development and not yet publicly available.Data AnalysisWarner Music Group integrated Sodatone, an AI-powered artist scouting tool it acquired in 2018, to help its A&R (Artists and Repertoire) team identify promising unsigned musicians. By 2020, WMG reported signing double the number of artists through Sodatone compared to the previous year.
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