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Suno Launches Artist Incubator Offering Grants, Mentorship, and Broad Music Licenses

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AI music platform Suno has introduced Spark, an incubator program aimed at supporting independent artists through grants, mentorship, and marketing resources. The program is open to unsigned singers, songwriters, and producers who release music under their own name. Applicants must agree to terms that include making their songs available on Suno for remixing by other users. The licensing terms have drawn scrutiny from users on the Suno subreddit, who raised concerns about the breadth of rights granted to the company over participants' work. The initiative signals Suno's broader ambition to evolve beyond an AI music generator into a streaming and artist discovery platform.

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