Entertainment · Music · published 2026-08-25 · via Billboard

Stability AI Secures $76M Investment from All Three Major Music Labels

Stability AI announced a $76 million Series B funding round on Aug. 25, 2026, with investments from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Electronic Arts. This marks the first time an AI company has received equity backing from all three major music companies in a single round. The funds will support product development for creative production and expansion of professional services.

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The funding follows Stability's June launch of Stable Audio 3.0, a family of three music-generation models plus one audio effects model, most of which are "open weight" — built on licensed training data and publicly downloadable for further development. The company's music ambitions trace back to its HarmonAI open-source label, designed as accessible tools "by musicians for musicians."

Stability's first Stable Audio iteration in 2023 generated up to 90-second commercial tracks and came with a licensing arrangement with music library Audio Sparx. Late 2025 brought partnership deals with UMG and

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