Udio AI Tool

AI Company

Udio AI

Website

https://www.udio.com/

Udio AI is an advanced AI-powered music generation platform developed by Uncharted Labs, a company founded in December 2023 by former Google DeepMind researchers David Ding, Conor Durkan, Charlie Nash, Yaroslav Ganin, and Andrew Sanchez. Based in the United States, Udio launched its free public beta on April 10, 2024, with backing from notable investors like Andreessen Horowitz and musicians such as will.i.am, Common, and Tay Keith. The platform aims to democratize music creation, enabling users—regardless of musical expertise—to produce professional-quality tracks from simple text prompts.

The latest model, Udio v1.5 (as of late 2024), excels in text-to-music generation, creating full songs—typically 33-second clips extendable to over a minute—with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation in under 40 seconds.

Accessible via its website (udio.com), Udio offers a free tier with 600 songs/month (10/day) and paid plans—Standard ($10/month, 600 credits, commercial use) and Pro ($30/month, 2,400 credits, advanced features)—with credits covering generations and extensions (e.g., 10 credits for 33 seconds). Praised for crisp audio and emotional vocals, Udio rivals Suno but faces scrutiny over potential copyrighted training data, a concern highlighted in a June 2024 lawsuit from the Recording Industry Association of America. Despite this, it’s a transformative tool for musicians, content creators, and hobbyists, blending creativity with cutting-edge AI.