Talks between Suno and the two major labels still suing it have made little progress, according to a Financial Times report on April 7, 2026, summarised by Music Business Worldwide. People familiar with the negotiations told the paper that discussions with Universal Music Group had moved very little in recent months and that Sony Music had not reached a deal either, with both rejecting the way Suno wants AI-generated songs to be distributed.
One person involved told the FT there was ongoing engagement but "no path forward" with Suno's current proposal. The same sources said Warner Music Group's partnership with Suno, announced in November 2025 as a settlement of its claims, had produced little so far. Suno told the FT it wanted to work with the industry to open new revenue for artists. When the Warner deal was announced, the two companies called it a first-of-its-kind partnership that would compensate and protect artists and songwriters.
The contrast is with Udio, which settled with Universal in October 2025 and Warner in November and is building a licensed platform with them. Suno also still faces suits from Denmark's Koda and Germany's GEMA, and in February a group of artist advocates, including the Music Artists Coalition's Ron Gubitz, songwriter Helienne Lindvall and Chris Castle, published a "Say No to Suno" letter accusing it of building on artists' work without permission and diluting royalty pools. The letter first appeared on the Music Technology Policy blog on February 23.
The royalty concern ties to Deezer's January figures: about 60,000 fully AI tracks a day, around 39% of deliveries, with up to 85% of streams on them judged fraudulent and removed from payouts.
Suno says it has 2 million paying subscribers, $300 million in annual recurring revenue and more than 100 million people who have used it, following a $250 million round at a $2.45 billion valuation, and it has hired former Warner, Merlin and Spotify executives to build industry ties. It released v5.5 with voice capture in late March, while the Warner-licensed model promised for 2026 had yet to appear.
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