Universal Music Group and Stability AI Announce Strategic ...

Universal Music Group and Stability AI Announce Strategic Alliance to Co-Develop Professional AI Music Creation Tools — Stability AI Universal Music Group and Stability AI Announce Strategic Alliance to Co-Develop Professional AI Music Creation Tools Oct 30 The collaboration will center artists in the development process and prioritize feedback from the creative community to guide the creation of fully licensed, commercially safe AI music tools. SANTA MONICA, October 30, 2025 – Universal Music Group(UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment and Stability AI, the leading independent multi-modal generative AI company, today announced a strategic alliance to develop next-generation professional music creation tools, powered by responsibly trained generative AI and built to support the creative process of artists, producers and songwriters globally. Through this alliance, Stability AI’s research and product teams will work closely with UMG and its artists to research artist needs and technical approaches for the next generation of music creation tools. Together, they will explore new recording and composition concepts, gather insights into artists’ needs, and better understand how artists adopt and engage with these technologies. By centering artists in the development process, the collaboration will prioritize feedback from the creative community to guide the creation of fully licensed, commercially safe AI music tools, advancing responsible innovation that supports both artists and rightsholders while preserving the integrity of the art form. Michael Nash, Chief Digital Officer & EVP of Universal Music Group, said: “This agreement is an extension of our fundamental orientation that our artists and songwriters are the cornerstone of our business. With AI, as with everything else we do, we start with what best supports our work to help them achieve creative and commercial success and build from that foundation to forge new and better commercial