Splitting Sound, Multiplying Opportunity: Why We Invested in AudioShake

Every 12 months, the global population creates an estimated 330M hours of digital audio content. It comprises music, movies and tv shows, radio broadcasts, podcasts, audiobooks and YouTube uploads. Digital audio is one of the planet’s largest untapped digital resources - challenging to search, edit, or repurpose at scale. 

We are pleased to announce our investment in AudioShake.AI, which is using artificial intelligence to unlock the full value of recorded audio. Origin Ventures participated in the company’s $14M Series A financing led by Shine Ventures, with participation from Precursor, Indicator Ventures, Thomson Reuters, and prominent angels. The financing was covered by Axios.  

AudioShake is engineering breakthroughs in audio processing that unlock its potential to influence AI models. Its proprietary algorithms can split any recording into its core components called stems. These stems include vocals, instruments, and isolated dialogue. Applications include editing, remixing, and creating high-quality datasets to power machine learning models. Studios, rights holders, and creators can unlock new revenue streams from legacy catalogs, while also getting help with their audio workflows. 

When audio libraries are converted into structured, high-resolution data it can be used to train AI models at scale. This foundational capability enables speech recognition, voice assistants, and real-time personalized audio experiences. We believe the company will power innovation extending to health, education, and the public sector. 

Co-founders Jessica Powell and Luke Miner bring a rare mix of deep AI expertise, decades on Google’s management team, foundational data science experience from Plaid, and a background in audio as musicians themselves. Industry accolades include TIME’s “Best Invention”, winner of Sony’s Demixing Challenge, and rapid growth with enterprise customers across media, sports, and foundational AI companies. Customers include the three major music labels, most large US film studios and broadcasters, and several of the Mag 7 and frontier labs. 

As investors in the Artificial Intelligence Economy, AudioShake’s vision hits all the right notes - and that sounds great to us!