The Sound of AI - Valerio Velardo

About

The Sound of AI is the largest hub for people active at the crossroads of AI, music, voice, and audio. It’s an AI music ecosystem made up of many tracks:

The Sound of AI Advisorship - I help you plan and execute your music AI vision as a longtime ally of your company.
The Sound of AI Recruitment - Recruitment agency specialised in music / audio AI talent.
The Sound of AI Accelerator - The first startup accelerator focused on music/audio/voice AI companies.
The Sound of AI YouTube - Largest YouTube channel dedicated to AI music with 30K+ subscribers.
The Sound of AI Academy - First e-learning platform focused on training AI music engineers.
The Sound of AI Community - Largest online music AI community with 6K+ members on Slack.
The Sound of AI Hackathon - Hackathon dedicated to AI music. The first iteration had more than 100 participants and 30 projects.
Open Source Research - Community-driven research project that involved >150 people for 1.5 years. Led to the publication of a scientific paper at a top AI music conference.

Who's it for?

Engineers, researchers, and students can benefit by the music AI knowledge we share in our YouTube channel and Academy, research activities, and hackathons. They can also join our community to connect with like-minded people and grow their skills in a supportive environemtn.

Companies interested in audio / music AI, can take advantage of our recruitment and consulting services.

The founder

Valerio Velardo founded The Sound of AI in 2019. Everything started with the YouTube channel, where he shares his knowledge of AI music. As the project got traction, he gradually added different tracks to the ecosystem.

Valerio has spent the last 15 years working at the crossroads of AI, music, and audio. He worked as a consultant, senior data scientist (Musimap), has built and led music AI teams for numerous tech companies, has led MLOps teams (Utopia Music), carried out research in music AI in and outside university, developed audio AI tech, and founded a Sylicon-valley backed music tech startup focused on generative music (Melodrive).

He's passionate about building audio tech startups and mentoring people.

Valerio holds a PhD in AI music. He has a background as a classical musician, programmer, and scientist.

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You'll get insights on music AI, machine learning, and MLOps. We'll also share tips on how to build kick-ass music AI teams.