AI-driven Metaverse Music Platform builder Authentic Artists has secured an undisclosed amount in strategic Funding From Warner Music, Crush Ventures, RTFKT, and The Sandbox Co-Founder Sebastien Borget.
-Earlier investors in the company includes OVO Fund, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park among others.
The fund-raise is aimed at accelerating the development of its AI-driven metaverse music platform, and building its WarpSound music brand.
-The San Francisco-based company powers metaverse-native virtual artists, digital collectibles and interactive music experiences using cutting edge deep learning, game engine and blockchain technologies.
-The Authentic Artists‘ team is reimagining the source, expression and shared experience of music for audiences in the metaverse and across all connected stages.
-WarpSound is a collective of artists, both AI and human, collaborating across web2 and web3 platforms to create the sound of the metaverse. Led by virtual artists Nayomi, DJ Dragoon, Gnar -Heart and GLiTCH, along with a deeply engaged and growing community of 5,000 WVRPS NFT holders, WarpSound embody the sound of the metaverse.
-Authentic Artists Founder and CEO Chris McGarry said that his company is using new creative tools to awaken a deeper connection with music. Chris has earlier led music integration at Facebook’s Oculus.
-Authentic’s genesis music NFT collection, WVRPS by WarpSound, is the all-time #1 music NFT collection on OpenSea and contains 9,999 unique, visual trait-driven musical voices enabled by Authentic’s generative music technology.