Shulman: Suno aims to undo cultural barriers preventing people from making music
Mikey Shulman · Making Transformers Sing - with Mikey Shulman of Suno · Mar 14, 2024 · at 18:34
Mikey Shulman, co-founder of Suno, discusses human nature and the creative vision behind Suno.
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“There's actually a lot of cultural forces that kind of cue you to not think to make music and that's kind of what we're trying to undo.”
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