A New Chapter in Music Licensing

Big news: In May alone, SourceAudio’s new AI dataset licensing marketplace generated over $1.35M in new annual recurring revenue for the artists, publishers, and libraries who opted in.

We’ve launched the first scalable, fully cleared dataset licensing marketplace for music, now offering:

• 14 million fully cleared tracks
• 3 million sound effects
• 200 sampled instruments

And it’s already in use. Wondera.ai is one of the first AI platforms using this new pipeline:

“At Wondera, doing the right thing starts with respecting artists’ rights. Over the past year, we’ve been actively engaging with major labels and publishers to explore meaningful partnerships. While the complexity of rights across stakeholders made the process intricate, it underscored the need for an immediate, streamlined solution. That’s why we partnered with SourceAudio, whose fully cleared, high-quality catalog lets us move fast while continuing to build bridges with the broader music industry.”  — Bill Dafflon, Founder & CEO, Wondera.ai

Licensing revenue is paid out to rightsholders either up front or throughout the term of each agreement. Some catalogs are already generating over $100K per year from dataset deals made in May.

This model is built on transparency:

✔️ You see the pricing, structure, and use cases of every deal
✔️ You choose whether to opt in
✔️ You retain control of what gets licensed and how

“By generating this revenue for our rightsholders, we’ve proven that responsible AI companies will partner with the music industry when presented with a fully cleared option to train their models, taking the path that respects artists and longstanding IP laws. This demonstrates that when AI companies license music properly, everyone wins. Artists get paid, AI gets premium-quality training data that their models require, and innovation continues to accelerate. We’re building the infrastructure that makes this possible at scale.” — Andrew Harding, Co-Founder & CEO, SourceAudio

This new offering complements SourceAudio’s existing role as a trusted licensing engine for sync, radio, YouTube Shorts, streaming platforms, and global ad agencies. In 2025, we’re on track to generate $20M+ in licensing income for rights holders across all these channels.

“We’re building the music licensing platform for nearly every conceivable market outside of streaming – all while ensuring tech and media innovators fairly compensate the very creators whose work makes their work possible.” — Drew Silverstein, President & Head of AI Strategy, SourceAudio

This milestone signals a major shift in how music can power the next generation of technology—while ensuring rightsholders stay in control and get paid. With a transparent, scalable model and growing demand from AI companies, dataset licensing is now a real, meaningful revenue stream. And SourceAudio is leading the way.

The infrastructure is built. The opportunity is live.
Get in touch to explore what’s possible for your catalog.

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