US EditionElevenLabs Launches AI Music Model, Signs Licenses With Merlin & Kobalt: Here’s How It Will Work
UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – ElevenLabs secured licensing deals with independent music rights agencies to offer AI-generated music cleared for commercial use, avoiding copyright lawsuits faced by competitors, industry sources say.
- On August 5, 2025, ElevenLabs introduced a new service that uses artificial intelligence to produce fully licensed songs from text prompts, making them available for commercial applications.
- This launch comes after ElevenLabs obtained agreements with independent music rights organizations to legally clear the use of their catalogs and mitigate potential copyright issues.
- Merlin and Kobalt allow only opt-in participation for rights holders, with royalty payouts proportional to song inclusion and popularity in the training data.
- ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski emphasized that their music model is built solely from data they have lawful access to, and he described their partnerships as a way to ensure proper legal authorization for widespread commercial applications.
- The partnership presents a model for responsible AI music development and may influence broader industry licensing standards amid ongoing copyright litigation against other AI firms.
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ElevenLabs unveils AI music generator for commercial use
AI audio company ElevenLabs has unveiled a new AI music generation model, claiming it is cleared for commercial use. This marks the company's move beyond its established expertise in text-to-speech technology and conversational bots, expanding into the music generation space. Since its inception three years ago, ElevenLabs has primarily focused on AI tools that convert text to speech, as well as developing systems for multilingual speech transla…
ElevenLabs Launches AI Music Model, Signs Licenses With Merlin & Kobalt: Here’s How It Will Work
On Tuesday (Aug. 5), AI audio company ElevenLabs announced the launch of Eleven Music, an AI model that allows users to create music from written prompts. The resulting songs, which can include vocals and instrumentals, can be employed for commercial uses. ElevenLabs also announced that it has struck licensing deals with Merlin and Kobalt to train this forthcoming model. As part of the deal, members of Merlin — a digital licensing organization…
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