Negotiations between the music industry and AI music startup Suno have stalled, with no deal in sight.
That’s according to the Financial Times on Tuesday (April 7), which cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Universal Music Group and Suno have only seen little substantive progress in their talks in recent months.
Sources also told the FT that Suno hasn’t been able to reach a deal with Sony Music Entertainment as the music giants reject its model for distributing AI-generated music.
“We have ongoing engagement, but there is no path forward with the current proposal,” a person involved in the negotiations told the newspaper.
Warner Music Group, one of the three major labels, struck its own deal with Suno in November, but according to the FT’s sources, the partnership has seen minimal progress.
“We have ongoing engagement, but there is no path forward with the current proposal.”
A Person involved with the negotiations (via Ft)
In November, Warner Music and Suno said they have struck what they call a “first-of-its-kind partnership, which “open[s] new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative community”.
The deal settled previous litigation between the companies.
The Warner Music deal arrived as Suno, along with its peer Udio, faced litigations from the music giants over their AI training models. Following a period of legal battles, Universal Music Group settled with Udio in October 2025, followed by Warner Music in November 2025.
Udio’s agreements with the two majors included licensing deals for a new AI music platform expected to launch this year.
