AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it
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Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, right, and research scientist Christian Steinmetz, collaborate on creating a song, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Udio CEO Andrew Sanchez is photographed in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, speaks to a reporter at company headquarters, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Singer and songwriter Tift Merritt, co-chair of the Artist Rights Alliance, poses for a photo with her guitars at her home in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)An old-fashioned record player plays in the office of Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, right, and research scientist Christian Steinmetz, collaborate on creating a song, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)