# Morgan Hayduk

> Morgan Hayduk is the co-founder and co-CEO of Beatdapp, a digital trust company that grew from an attempted music-royalty audit tool into a system for finding manipulated streams, stolen accounts, fraudulent content and other suspicious platform behavior. A former basketball player, corporate partnerships manager, government-relations executive and consultant, Hayduk brought policy and commercial experience to a technical company founded with Andrew Batey and Pouria Assadipour in 2018. Beatdapp later raised a $17 million Series A, partnered with Universal Music Group, SoundExchange and Napster, and expanded its fraud work toward a broader Trust & Safety Operating System for music and other digital platforms.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Beatdapp
- **Organizations:** Beatdapp, ZipRecruiter, TELUS Communications, Crestview Strategy, Music Canada, LA Clippers, Trinity Western University
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** B.A., Trinity Western University, MBA, Trinity Western University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Beatdapp in 2018 and helped shift it from royalty-audit software toward streaming-fraud detection and digital trust., Helped Beatdapp secure a $17 million Series A funding round announced in January 2024., Helped establish company partnerships with Universal Music Group, SoundExchange and Napster.

## Career timeline

- **Undated** — Played on the men's basketball team while attending Trinity Western University.
- **Undated** — Worked in corporate partnerships for the LA Clippers.
- **Undated** — Consulted at Crestview Strategy on entertainment and technology clients including Music Canada, eOne, Facebook, Uber and TELUS.
- **2015** — Was part of the advocacy team behind Canadian legislation extending protection for sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.
- **Undated** — Served as Director of Federal Government Relations for TELUS Communications.
- **Undated** — Led enterprise growth and partnerships for ZipRecruiter.
- **2018** — Co-founded Beatdapp with Andrew Batey and Pouria Assadipour.
- **2022** — Testified before Canada's House of Commons industry committee during its study of blockchain technology.
- **2024** — Beatdapp announced a $17 million Series A and partnerships with Universal Music Group, SoundExchange and Napster.
- **2026** — Discussed Beatdapp's broader Trust & Safety Operating System and its application beyond music in new podcast interviews.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Beatdapp in 2018 and helped shift it from royalty-audit software toward streaming-fraud detection and digital trust.
- Helped Beatdapp secure a $17 million Series A funding round announced in January 2024.
- Helped establish company partnerships with Universal Music Group, SoundExchange and Napster.
- Was part of the policy team behind Canada's 2015 extension of sound-recording copyright protection from 50 to 70 years.
- Testified before Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology in 2022.
- Built a career spanning music policy, government relations, enterprise partnerships and technology entrepreneurship.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appeared with Andrew Batey on Sound Connections to discuss industrial-scale money laundering in music and the company's vision for a broader trust-and-safety operating system.
- **2026-01** — Appeared on The Future of What to explain Beatdapp's Trust & Safety Operating System after the company had analyzed nearly seven trillion streams and 70 trillion data points over 18 months.
- **2025-11** — Joined a Music Tectonics panel on metadata, AI, attribution, intellectual property and revenue.
- **2024-06** — Spoke at the AIMP Global Music Publishing Summit about fraud signals and legitimate streaming promotion.
- **2024-01** — Announced Beatdapp's funding round and work with Universal Music Group, SoundExchange and Napster.

## Links

- Website: https://beatdapp.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-hayduk-9206b456/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/beatdapp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/beatdapp/

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Last updated: 2026-08-27