Rosenberg: Suno could build a closed ecosystem if content quality scales
Seth Rosenberg · The GREAT VC AI DEBATE between Slow Ventures and Greylock Partners. · Mar 17, 2025 · at 9:15
Seth Rosenberg (Partner at Greylock) discusses whether AI music generator Suno can capture distribution rather than merely acting as an upstream creative tool for established social platforms.
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“But I think if like the number and quality of things that are actually created on the Suno platform starts to exceed, or at least like take a meaningful, but separate piece of the market, then they could just create a more closed ecosystem. Where the only way to get that content is on Suno.”
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