TIME100 AI 2026 · Innovators
Mikey Shulman
Co-founder and CEO, Suno
His AI music app makes about 7 million songs a day, a Spotify catalog's worth every two weeks, according to a pitch deck Billboard obtained.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- Co-founder and CEO, Suno
- Studied
- Harvard University, Columbia University
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Did his Harvard physics PhD on quantum computing with solid-state spins.
sequoiacap.com - Side project
Spent years playing in bands, recording and gigging in New York City before starting Suno.
lsvp.com - Connection
All four Suno co-founders met at Kensho, the Cambridge finance AI company where he was the first machine learning hire.
lsvp.com - Detour
Before launch, Suno could only make 12.5-second clips that didn't always follow the lyrics; it tested demand with a Discord bot, copying Midjourney.
sequoiacap.com - Numbers
Says 90% of Suno's daily users make something, which he compares more to gaming than to Spotify.
sequoiacap.com
Career
- SunoCo-founder and CEO2022 to now
- MITLecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management2018 to now
- KenshoHead of Machine Learning2015–2022
Education
- PhD, Physics, Harvard University, 2015
- BS, Applied physics, Columbia University, 2009