Tech Roundup: Brazil’s AI-powered music revolution

Welcome to our Tech Roundup, where we bring you the biggest stories in technology and innovation in Brazil and Latin America. This week: The Brazilian-founded platform connecting the dots between musicians, corporations, and copyright in times of AI.

A Brazilian solution to navigate music’s AI era

In times of voice cloning and discussions around the need to regulate artificial intelligence technologies, a startup co-based in the U.S. and Brazil has developed an AI-powered hub for musicians and creative industries.

Backdrop. Moises, an application founded by Geraldo Ramos, Eddie Hsu, and Jardson Almeida in 2019, ranked top in its segment on Apple’s U.S. app store last year. It offers musicians and producers a suite of AI tools such as audio source separation, pitch/beat/chord detection, metronome, tempo changer, and mastering, as well as an AI assistant that works like Grammarly for musicians.

State of play. Concerned with building an infrastructure that could handle a growing processing flow and serve corporate clients already using the app, they launched their umbrella company Music.AI at the end of 2023. 

• “It supports Moises’ proprietary AI models and turns us into a B2B partner capable of serving industries such as film, television, and marketing through a robust API. We currently process 2 million minutes of audio daily, powering over 1,700 applications,” said Eddie Hsu, co-founder and COO of Moises, in an interview with The Brazilian Report during Web Summit Rio.

Why it matters. Music.AI is at the forefront of AI use and copyrights as it caters to demands such as voice modeling...