Sonilo raises $11M to make video itself the prompt for AI music

Sonilo's TikTok veterans Shawn Song, Alex Yin and Keli Li are building video-conditioned music and sound effects, with B Capital leading and Redpoint participating.

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Primary source: PR Newswire

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Sonilo is betting that video-conditioned audio can save creators editing time while making rights provenance part of the product. The $11M funds that combined technical, distribution and licensing challenge; reported usage figures remain company claims.

Sonilo raises $11M to make video itself the prompt for AI music — TikTok veterans Shawn Song, Alex Yin and Keli Li are building video-conditioned music and sound effects, with B Capital leading and Redpoint participating.

Sonilo has raised $11 million to build music and sound-effects models that take video as their input, leaning on a founding team that built TikTok's multimodal AI and global music operations. Variety reported the funding on October 8th; Sonilo's October 14th announcement on PR Newswire identifies [B…

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