Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music
In Brief Posted: 2:09 PM PDT · October 2, 2026 Image Credits:Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Images Connie Loizos Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has jumped back into the music industry, and he tells The Information that he’s playing by the…
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In Brief Posted: 2:09 PM PDT · October 2, 2026 Image Credits:Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Images Connie Loizos Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has jumped back into the music industry, and he tells The Information that he’s playing by the rules this time. (Asking for forgiveness rather than permission didn’t work out so well last time around, he readily concedes.) Two years ago, he joined an $80 million rescue of Stability AI, the image-generator startup that nearly collapsed after overspending and internal turmoil led to founder Emad Mostaque’s ouster. Now Parker and his longtime friend Prem Akkaraju, who became CEO, are taking the wraps off what they’ve been building. The big idea, Parker says, is to turn Stability into the go-to AI toolmaker for music professionals. Toward that end, in late August, the company announced $76 million in funding from, among others, Sony, Warner, and Universal, which also licensed their catalogs for training as part of the deal. Stability has since released three new audio models and AI music-editing software. The AI can generate whole instrumental tracks or short snippets from text prompts. Parker says an upcoming update will let users hum a melody or beatbox a drum pattern to steer it. Topics AI, In Brief, Sean Parker, Stability AI October 13 – 15 San Francisco Get 50% off a second passThe Disrupt experience is meant to be shared. Get your pass and bring a colleague, partner, or peer at 50% off. Cover more ground by making connections, building momentum, and discovering what’s next in the startup ecosystem. BOOK NOW Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related AI Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused Kirsten Korosec 4 hours ago AI Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground Tim Fernholz 1 day ago AI Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses Aisha Malik 2 days ago Latest in AI AI Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused Kirsten Korosec 4 hours ago In Brief Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music Connie Loizos 8 hours ago TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Affected by layoffs? Don’t miss this $75 deal for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass TechCrunch Events 10 hours ago