AI music generation platform Suno unveiled its latest model family on Wednesday, dubbed Suno v6, which was built using fully licensed content from music labels and distributors including Believe, BMG, and Warner Music Group.
The startup has previously faced numerous legal battles from major record labels accusing it of training its prompt-driven song creation tools on copyrighted tracks. However, Suno resolved its dispute with Warner Music Group last year and secured an agreement with BMG last month.
According to the company, Suno v6 was constructed entirely without relying on the training datasets used for its earlier model generations.
Suno is rolling out three distinct variations of the engine: The standard Suno v6, available to paid subscribers, focuses on precision and predictable creative control; Suno v6-wild, also for paying members, serves as an experimental tool meant for brainstorming and generating surprising results. Meanwhile, Suno v6-mini offers a higher-speed option accessible to all tier levels. The platform intends to phase out its legacy models over time.
Suno highlighted enhanced versatility across the new ecosystem. With Suno v6, creators can modify specific sections of a track using text prompts or lyric adjustments, and can even reference images, videos, or text to guide generation. Furthermore, users can isolate an instrument from a sample to produce an entirely original beat.
The company also revealed upcoming features like song remixing—available if artists opt into a new label-partnered framework granting Suno rights to incorporate their music into AI-powered tools.
Jack Brody, chief product officer at Suno, explained that allowing derivative creations expands revenue opportunities across the entire music industry.
“I believe our partners and the broader music ecosystem are continuously searching for ways to open up fresh income channels for artists and rights holders. A central goal of this release is establishing those extra revenue streams,” Brody stated in an interview with TechCrunch.
Last month, Suno announced plans to embed audio watermarks into generated tracks, alongside newly implemented download quotas tied to account tiers.
“We can assist in mitigating broader industry challenges, such as streaming manipulation and high-volume, low-intent uploads to distributors. Ultimately, though, we feel distributors and digital platforms hold the primary responsibility for moderating published content,” he noted.
Suno continues to defend against litigation from major labels such as Sony and Universal Music Group, individual artists including Jason Isbell, and class-action plaintiffs alleging data security was neglected during its rapid expansion. This launch also follows Suno’s recent admission that it harvested YouTube audio to train its software.
Despite the ongoing legal scrutiny, PitchBook data indicates that Suno has successfully raised more than $819 million in venture backing to date.