# Georg Kucsko

> Georg Kucsko is a co-founder and chief technology officer of Suno. A Harvard-trained physicist who later led machine learning research at Kensho, he moved from quantum experiments and speech recognition to building generative audio tools, including Suno's early Bark model and its music platform.

- **Role:** Co-founder and chief technology officer at Suno
- **Organizations:** Suno, Kensho Technologies, Harvard University, Open Rev.
- **Education:** PhD in Physics, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Earned a PhD in Physics from Harvard University in 2016., Lead author of a 2013 Nature paper on nanoscale thermometry using diamond quantum sensors., Coauthored a 2017 Nature paper reporting discrete time-crystalline order in diamond.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2009** — Research project student in the Quantum Device Lab at ETH Zurich.
- **2013** — Lead author of a Nature paper on nanoscale thermometry with diamond quantum sensors.
- **2014** — Co-developed Open Rev. with Erik Bauch; the project received a Harvard teaching grant.
- **2016** — Completed a Harvard PhD dissertation on coupled spins in diamond.
- **2017** — Coauthored a Nature paper reporting discrete time-crystalline order in diamond.
- **2020-2021** — Led machine learning research at Kensho and coauthored work on speech recognition.
- **2022** — Co-founded Suno with Mikey Shulman, Martin Camacho and Keenan Freyberg.
- **2023** — Suno open-sourced Bark and launched its music-making app publicly.
- **2025** — Discussed Suno's research approach and Bark's role in the product's origin on The Lantern.
- **2026** — Suno introduced the v6 family of music models developed with industry partners.

## Achievements

- Earned a PhD in Physics from Harvard University in 2016.
- Lead author of a 2013 Nature paper on nanoscale thermometry using diamond quantum sensors.
- Coauthored a 2017 Nature paper reporting discrete time-crystalline order in diamond.
- Co-created Open Rev., a collaborative research annotation platform supported by a Harvard teaching grant.
- Led machine learning research and development at Kensho Technologies.
- Co-founded Suno and serves as its chief technology officer.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Suno announced v6, a family of music models developed with Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe; the announcement is company news, not an individual release by Kucsko.
- **2025-09** — Kucsko appeared on The Lantern to discuss Bark, audio research and Suno's development.

## Links

- Website: https://suno.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgkucsko
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GeorgKucsko
- GitHub: https://github.com/gkucsko

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