{"id":20463,"date":"2026-09-22T16:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/ai-music-startup-grai-buys-social-streaming-platform-hangout\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:16:25","slug":"ai-music-startup-grai-buys-social-streaming-platform-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/ai-music-startup-grai-buys-social-streaming-platform-hangout\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Music Startup GRAI Buys Social Streaming Platform Hangout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GRAI<\/strong>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/ai-musics-human-premium-puts-artist-identity-at-center\/\">AI (artificial intelligence) music startup<\/a> based in Warsaw, has acquired social streaming platform <strong>Hangout<\/strong>, the company said today. The deal follows a patent licensing agreement with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalmusic.com\">Universal Music<\/a><\/strong> and adds social listening technology ahead of GRAI&#8217;s platform launch.<\/p>\n<h2>Deal details<\/h2>\n<p>The acquisition has closed, and Hangout&#8217;s technology will be integrated into GRAI, according to the buyer. GRAI was founded last year by former <strong>Vochi<\/strong> team members, is launching soon, and has a waitlist in place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The buyer&#8217;s release did not provide specific details on how Hangout will be integrated.<\/li>\n<li>GRAI raised a <strong>$9 million<\/strong> seed round led by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khoslaventures.com\">Khosla Ventures<\/a><\/strong> in April.<\/li>\n<li>About one month ago, GRAI licensed roughly two dozen AI patents from Universal Music.<\/li>\n<li>Additional deals are under consideration, the company indicated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Executive statements<\/h2>\n<p>Hangout founder <strong>Joseph Perla<\/strong> said on LinkedIn that GRAI has &#8220;the perfect team to really take this to the Gen Alpha generations that have never experienced anything like records.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I built Hangout to fix what&#8217;s broken in online spaces. 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