Google Acquires AI Music Startup ProducerAI

Google has announced the acquisition of ProducerAI, which allows users to create and refine music using generative AI. It will now be available as part of Google Labs suite of tools, the company revealed today (Feb. 24).

Over time, ProducerAI amassed a list of prominent musical advisors, including The Chainsmokers, Lecrae and slenderbodies. It is described as a “creative collaborator” employed to help a user write and refine new songs, according to a Google blog post about the acquisition. “The experience is just as much about the joy of making music as the results, and it utilizes Google DeepMind’s Gemini, Lyria 3, Veo and Nano Banana models,” the post reads.

ProducerAI was launched in July 2025 as an evolution of Riffusion, a free AI musicmaking tool that generated audio from images, using a machine learning technique known as diffusion. Riffusion was launched by co-founders Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros first as a hobby, but after the tool gained viral popularity, beginning in 2022, the two decided to develop the project.

News of the acquisition arrives one week after Google launched its AI music model, Lyria 3, as part of Gemini. Lyria 3 is considered Google’s “most advanced music generation model” yet, according to the company, and it allows users to create 30-second tracks using texts or images in beta.

ProducerAI employee Kendall Rankin revealed in a LinkedIn post about the deal that all employees of ProducerAI will join Google Labs and Google DeepMind to continue the development of the company’s AI music tools.

ProducerAI will use Lyria 3’s technology to allow users to work with an AI agent to generate sounds, remix tracks and render new lyrics. Google’s blog post notes that its goal with ProducerAI is to create a platform that is focused on allowing users to have granular controls of the product, including through a feature like Spaces, which conjures completely new instruments from text prompts.

“We are so grateful to see how this platform continues to evolve,” Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers said in a statement. “It’s truly crafted around the musician’s experience. The founders are incredibly technical, but natively musicians, and understand the nuances of what makes a platform truly be an additive tool in the creation process.”