How Suno Grew to $300M in ARR by Democratizing Music Creation

How Suno Grew to $300M in ARR by Democratizing Music Creation

April 30, 2026 · 51 min

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Mikey Shulman discusses how Suno democratizes music creation and achieved significant revenue growth.

Mikey Shulman is the cofounder and CEO of Suno, an AI music generation platform that allows anyone to create full songs with lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation from a simple text prompt. Prior to founding Suno, Mikey was the first machine learning hire and Head of Machine Learning at Kensho, an AI company acquired by S&P Global for over $500 million. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University, a degree in applied physics from Columbia University, and is a lifelong hobbyist music...

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Host: Phil Carter

Guest: Mikey Shulman

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Organizations: Suno, Kensho, S&P Global

Places: Harvard University, Columbia University

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