GasLab
Category: AI in Media / Gaming / Entertainment
Consent-based generative AI music platform that trains only on opted-in artist and label catalogues and attributes and pays rights holders for every generated track. Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $1M. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include Eric Demuth (Bitpanda co-founder), Bas Beerens (WeTransfer founder).
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $1M
Value proposition
Lets users generate AI music while the artists and labels whose music shaped each output are credited and paid. The proprietary 'Digital Notary' attribution engine logs contributing works at master and publishing level and gives attributed artists an economic right to the track.
Products and solutions
GasLab GenAI music generation platform (private testing via guest list, public launch pending), Digital Notary attribution model, which assigns each track a permanent ID, a watermark and an attribution record, revenue-sharing and royalty collection and distribution for attributed rights holders.
Unique value
An artist-founded AI music generator built on opt-in training data, with per-track attribution and profit-sharing, so the artists behind an AI-generated hit share in its success.
Target customer
Music creators and consumers generating AI music (B2C subscriptions), plus artists, record labels and rights holders who license their catalogues. Potentially other GenAI platforms needing an attribution engine (B2B).
Industries served
Music / Media & Entertainment, music rights and royalties
Technology advantage
Proprietary output-to-catalogue attribution (Digital Notary) with watermarking and permanent track IDs. The founders have about eight years of music ML experience, including Zonneveld's own R2 model trained on his catalogue and played live at festivals. Zonneveld's top-30 DJ standing and label ownership give credibility and access to artist and label catalogues.
How they differentiate
Unlike Suno and Udio, GasLab trains only on consenting artists' and labels' music and shows users which tracks and artists shaped each generation. Unlike pure attribution vendors such as Musical AI and Sureel, it is a full end-to-end consumer generation platform with built-in revenue sharing and royalty collection.
Main competitors
Suno, Udio, Musical AI (licensed-training attribution), Sureel AI (attribution, acquired by Warner Music in 2026)
Major milestones
October 2026: public unveiling with about $1M pre-seed round from European angel investors, recorded on Crunchbase as Oct 14, 2026, and launch of a private-testing guest list. Founder manifesto published, Zonneveld to speak at Amsterdam Dance Event in October 2026.
Growth metrics
Pre-launch; waitlist for private testing opened in October 2026.
Market positioning
Ethical, artist-first generative music platform at pre-launch, pre-seed stage. Aims to become the leading transparent, fairly attributed GenAI music platform and to license its attribution engine to other GenAI platforms.
Geographic focus
Europe (Netherlands) initially, with global ambitions
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Official website: https://gaslab.ai