{"id":1873912,"date":"2026-04-09T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873912"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:01:04","slug":"udio-and-kobalt-ink-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873912","title":{"rendered":"Udio and Kobalt Ink Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tUdio and Kobalt have formed a strategic partnership. The announcement for the joint venture between the AI music start-up and the independent publisher notes that this \u201cforges a path for collaboration\u201d on Udio\u2019s revamped AI music service, set to launch later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Kobalt deal marks the third partnership Udio has forged with the music industry establishment since November 2025. Already, Udio has announced deals with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to license their works to train their AI models \u2014 but only if the artists and songwriters at those companies choose to opt-in.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tAnother key part of Udio\u2019s deal with their first partner, UMG, in particular, included the stipulation that Udio would pivot its service from one that creates realistic songs at the click of a button to one \u2014 which was trained on unlicensed material \u2014 to a licensed model which enables users \u201cmake remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices of artists and compositions of songwriters who choose to participate,\u201d as a press release puts it.<\/p>\n

    \n\tUdio\u2019s relationship with the music industry was not always so collaborative. When it launched, the AI music company used copyrighted music without a license to train its models. Then, UMG, WMG and Sony Music banded together to file lawsuits against Udio and Suno, another AI music model creating songs in seconds, to accuse the platforms of copyright infringement on an \u201calmost unimaginable scale.\u201d The UMG and WMG partnerships effectively ended the two majors\u2019 participation in the lawsuit against Udio. (Sony Music is still pursuing the lawsuit against Udio).<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe partnership with Kobalt \u201cestablishes an important pathway for new revenue streams for Kobalt artists and songwriters,\u201d the press release notes, but it provides no details as to how those revenue streams work or how songwriters can opt-in to participate. <\/p>\n

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    \t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s Official: Primary Wave Acquires\u00a0Kobalt\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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      \n\tNews of the Kobalt-Udio agreement comes just weeks after it was announced that Primary Wave would be acquiring Kobalt\u2018s worldwide operations, its catalog of owned copyrights and digital collection company amra. That deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to finalize in the latter half of 2026.<\/p>\n

      \n\tIn a statement about the deal with Udio, Kobalt CEO Laurent Hubert<\/strong> says: \u201cOur clients and songwriters rely on us to both protect them and to create new opportunities for their works in an ever-changing technology landscape. We look forward to working closely with Udio to develop these new possibilities and are excited for what this deal could mean for the thousands of songwriters, artists, producers and publishers we work with everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\t\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with Kobalt and welcome its exceptional community of songwriters, artists, and creatives to Udio. Our focus is on expanding creative possibilities through AI, while ensuring artists\u2019 rights are respected and fairly compensated every step of the way. Together with Kobalt, we\u2019re unlocking new potential for both artists and Udio users,\u201d adds Andrew Sanchez<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of Udio.<\/p>\n

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      [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Udio-Logo-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Udio and Kobalt have formed a strategic partnership. The announcement for the joint venture between the AI music start-up and the independent publisher notes that this \u201cforges a path for collaboration\u201d on Udio\u2019s revamped AI music service, set to launch later this year. The Kobalt deal marks the third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1873912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1873912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1873912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1873912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1873912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}