Generative AI model that produces music from text prompts.
Udio is a generative AI music platform founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers that lets users create full songs with vocals and instrumentation from text prompts. After backlash from major labels, Udio settled a copyright lawsuit with Universal Music Group in October 2025 and is pivoting toward licensed-catalog training.
AI📍 New York, USAFounded 2023
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2024-Q2
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Udio going public?
No. Udio is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Udio's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Udio. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Udio filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Udio.
Who are Udio's investors?
Udio's investors include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), UTA, Common, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, will.i.am.
How much has Udio raised?
Udio has raised $10M in total, most recently a Seed of $10M in Apr 2024.
Is Udio publicly traded — can you buy Udio stock?
No. Udio is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Udio on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Udio — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-10-05. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
0% vs 2026-08
Open roles
5
via greenhouse
Product-build share
80%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 80% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 2 of 5 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Member of Technical Staff - Quantitative ResearchSenior Backend Engineer, Data Modeling and Ingestion PlatformSenior Backend Engineer, Product and InfraSenior Product DesignerHead of Artist Partnerships
Counted from Udio's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
David DingConor DurkanCharlie NashYaroslav Ganin
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) · UTA · Common · Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger · will.i.am
Products
Udio text-to-music generator
Competitors
Suno · Stability Audio · ElevenLabs Music
aigenerative aimusiccreator tools
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.