Warner Music Group announces “groundbreaking” partnership with SunoWarner Music Group and AI music firm Suno have teamed up for a new partnership that will see the two companies “open new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery”.
The deal also settles previous litigation between the companies, and will bring Suno’s AI capabilities with WMG’s artist development leadership and expertise. Both entities claim their next steps will ensure that artists and songwriters are compensated and protected.

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In 2026, Suno will make several changes to its platform including the launch of new, more advanced and licensed models. When the new models launch in 2026, its current models will be deprecated. 
Download restrictions will also be put in place, as downloading audio will require a paid account. Songs made on its free tier will not be downloadable and will instead be playable and shareable. Paid tier users will also have limited monthly download caps with the ability to pay for more downloads.
Creatives may feel a little sceptical of this new partnership, but an opt-in model will be put into place. This means artists will have “full control” over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions are used in new AI-generated music. Further details on this are yet to be revealed. Suno has also acquired live music discovery platform Songkick from WMG, and “will continue to run it as a successful fan destination”.

Suno says that over the next few weeks and months, it will share more details about the timing of new features as they are ready, and that it is “heading towards a world where people don’t just press play – they play with their music.”
Mikey Shulman, CEO at Suno, says: “Our partnership with Warner Music unlocks a bigger, richer Suno experience for music lovers, and accelerates our mission to change the place of music in the world by making it more valuable to billions of people. Together, we can enhance how music is made, consumed, experienced and shared. This means we’ll be rolling out new, more robust features for creation, opportunities to collaborate and interact with some of the most talented musicians in the world, all while continuing to build the biggest music ecosystem possible.”
Robert Kyncl, CEO at WMG, adds: “This landmark pact with Suno is a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone. With Suno rapidly scaling, both in users and monetisation, we’ve seized this opportunity to shape models that expand revenue and deliver new fan experiences. AI becomes pro-artist when it adheres to our principles: committing to licensed models, reflecting the value of music on and off platform, and providing artists and songwriters with an opt-in for the use of their name, image, likeness, voice, and compositions in new AI songs.”
In similar news, Universal Music Group and Udio also settled their litigation and announced plans to collaborate on a new music creation, consumption and streaming experience earlier this month.
UMG announced that both itself and Udio had laid out “industry-first strategic agreements”, and said that in addition to the “compensatory legal settlement”, new licence agreements for recorded music and publishing will “provide further revenue opportunities for UMG artists and songwriters.”
To find out more on this new partnership with WMG, read the full blog post from Suno.
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