Music AI company Suno has raised over $400 million in Series D funding, which values the company at $5.4bn, in a round led by Bond Capital, alongside IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon and Quiet, with participation from existing investors Matrix, Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures, and Schroders Capital. The last funding round in November 2025 valued the company at $2.45bn. "As with our previous funding rounds, we’re thrilled to have participation from some of the best artists, producers, so...

JUNE 2026 – June 3-7: Primavera Pro ’26 in Barcelona. – June 4: General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in Paris, as the global organisation celebrates its Centenary. – June 8-11: A2IM Indie Week at the InterContinental Times Square in New York. – June 8-13: The 23rd Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM 2026) in the Shibuya area. – June 18: MusicAlly NEXT at Steel Yard in ...

"Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress; instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family. This need is all the more urgent given the frequent imbalance between the speed of technological growth and the slower development of awareness, norms, safeguards and institutions capable of governing its effects. It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent over...