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Dualtone Built a Record Label for the Artists the Majors Left Behind - Then the Long Game Paid Off
The Nashville label survived the CD collapse, a tornado and streaming's brutal arithmetic by making a peculiar promise: fewer artists, clearer deals and careers measured in albums, not weekends.
The Company That Collects the World’s Songs - One Split at a Time
Sony Music Publishing does not sell listeners a subscription. It makes the machinery behind a song work - registering ownership, collecting royalties and finding the next screen, stream or market where a composition belongs.
Third Chair
Third Chair is an AI-native IP enforcement and licensing platform that helps rightsholders find who is using their content, trademarks, and likeness without permission and turn that unauthorized use into revenue. Backed by Y Combinator (X25) and FundersClub with $2.3M raised, it pairs AI agents that monitor, investigate, and draft demand letters with an on-demand network of lawyers. Customers - including Universal Music Group and much of the recorded-music industry - used the product to generate more than $1M in revenue in the last six months of 2025.