--- title: Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music description: Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has returned to the music business through his involvement with Stability AI, which he and CEO Prem Akkaraju are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music | daily.dev og:description: Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has returned to the music business through his involvement with Stability AI, which he and CEO Prem Akkaraju are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8JcXzbVlu.png og:image:alt: Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has returned to the music business through his involvement with Stability AI, which he and CEO Prem Akkaraju are repositioning as an AI toolmaker for music professionals. The company secured $76 million in funding from Sony, Warner, and Universal, who also licensed their catalogs for training. Stability has released three new audio models and AI music-editing software capable of generating instrumental tracks or short snippets from text prompts, with a future update planned to let users hum or beatbox to steer generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new AI music products has Stability AI released recently? Stability AI has released three new audio models and AI music-editing software that can generate full instrumental tracks or short snippets from text prompts. The company secured $76 million in funding from Sony, Warner, and Universal, who also licensed their music catalogs for training the models as part of the deal. An upcoming update will let users hum a melody or beatbox a rhythm to steer generation. _Developers building with generative audio can follow how Stability AI's music models evolve on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stability AI raises $76mn from Universal, Warner, Sony Music and EA](https://daily.dev/posts/stability-ai-raises-76mn-from-universal-warner-sony-music-and-ea-ejsrhdy83) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create six-minute songs](https://daily.dev/posts/stability-ai-releases-a-new-audio-model-that-can-create-six-minute-songs-9iyefr9ym) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [EA says generative AI tech will become a 'trusted ally'](https://daily.dev/posts/ea-says-generative-ai-tech-will-become-a-trusted-ally--cfs2vbyec) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Spotify partners with record labels to create ‘artist-first’ AI music products](https://daily.dev/posts/spotify-partners-with-record-labels-to-create-artist-first-ai-music-products-youwmhtqe) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#stability-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/stability-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu"},"datePublished":"2026-10-02T21:13:16.450Z","dateModified":"2026-10-02T21:13:35.439Z","description":"Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has returned to the music business through his involvement with Stability AI, which he and CEO Prem Akkaraju are...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/75cf1d06b57e024dd76d9fa6b89f0536?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/75cf1d06b57e024dd76d9fa6b89f0536?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"genai,stability-ai","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music-8jcxzbvlu#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What new AI music products has Stability AI released recently?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Stability AI has released three new audio models and AI music-editing software that can generate full instrumental tracks or short snippets from text prompts. 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