Trakflip enables music artists and rights holders to earn revenue when AI platforms use their music for model training. The company curates fully rights-cleared music datasets across genres like Rap, R&B, and Alt-R&B, with artists retaining 100% ownership of their work. Dataset drops are offered in limited rounds, with several genres currently waitlisted.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
AI platforms require large, high-quality music datasets for training generative models, but sourcing music that is legally cleared and properly licensed is a complex, opaque process. This leaves artists uncompensated and unprotected, while AI companies face legal risks from using music without clear usage rights.
Solution
Trakflip creates fully rights-cleared, expertly curated music datasets specifically designed for AI training. The company works with artists and rights holders to license their music for AI use, ensuring all legal requirements are met and ownership stays with the original creators. Artists keep 100% ownership of their music while earning revenue when platforms use their work. Datasets are released in limited "drops" across specific genres, with each round offering a select number of spots to maintain curation quality. Trakflip manages the entire licensing workflow, making it easy for AI companies to access compliant training data.
Target Audience
Primary customers are AI companies and model developers in need of legally compliant music training data, as well as musicians and rights holders seeking to monetize their catalogs for AI use.
Features
- Rights-cleared dataset curation ensuring full legal compliance for AI training use
- Genre-specific dataset drops including Rap, R&B, and Alt-R&B, with Pop, Rock, Electronic, and Jazz waitlisted
- Artist ownership retention at 100%, with no loss of rights or control over original works
- Managed licensing workflow led by a team experienced in music licensing for major artists and platforms
- Limited availability per drop to maintain dataset quality and exclusivity