Riffusion, an application born as a free and open-source tool that uses Stable Diffusion to produce music from visual cues, recently secured a $4 million investment after its creators pivoted it into a commercial enterprise.

Developers Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros initially built Riffusion as a hobby project. Since its inception, it has drawn interest from tech entities such as Meta, Google, and ByteDance. Part of its appeal was its simplicity.

“Users simply describe the lyrics and a musical style, and our model generates riffs complete with singing and custom artwork in a few seconds,” Forsgren told TechCrunch.

The recent funding round was led by Greycroft Partner with participation from South Park Commons and Sky9. In addition, the musical duo “The Chainsmokers” has linked up with the project as advisors.

Music is a universal medium of artistic expression, and generative AI tools like Riffusion, Suno, or Meta’s Audio Craft offer new possibilities for amateurs and professionals to compose and share their creations and interact with each other. For example, there are already several Discord servers and Youtube channels where users share their AI music.

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