Sonilo, the world’s first professionally licensed video-to-music AI platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK). Under this agreement, Sonilo has licensed Shutterstock’s high-quality music catalog to train its AI models, marking Shutterstock's first-ever collaboration with a video-to-music platform. Headquartered in San Francisco and backed by B Capital, Sonilo aims to set a new industry standard for "commercially safe" AI music at a time when copyright infringement cases against AI companies have reportedly surged by over 130% year-over-year.
Video-to-Music Tech: Sonilo v1.0 uses video footage as the primary input, analyzing pacing, structure, and emotion to compose music without text prompts.
Shutterstock Licensing: The partnership provides rights-cleared training data, ensuring artists are compensated and generated tracks are ready for commercial use.
Platform Integration: Sonilo recently launched as a native node in ComfyUI, an open-source workflow tool serving four million creators.
Commercial Ready: Every soundtrack is original and cleared for social, branded, or broadcast content without additional licensing fees.
Accessibility: Available via API and web interface with Free, Pro, and Premium subscription tiers.
Traditional video scoring often involves hours of searching music libraries and manually syncing audio to edits. Even existing AI tools typically require descriptive text prompts that may not accurately capture the visual "vibe." Sonilo skips these steps by "reading" the video itself. The AI's emotional detection matches the musical arc to the story on screen, producing soundtracks that feature natural musical endings rather than abrupt cuts or loops.
"Music has always been the last unsolved layer of video creation," said Shawn Song, CEO of Sonilo. "We built Sonilo to hear the soundtrack that video already carries. But how we build matters as much as what we build. While others have chosen to take artists' work without permission, we've chosen a path where artists are compensated from day one."
The partnership highlights a growing demand for responsibly sourced training data. Jessica April, Vice President of Data Licensing & AI Services at Shutterstock, noted that Sonilo’s approach meets the increasing need for "commercially safe AI workflows." By securing professional licenses upfront, Sonilo ensures its models are built on content that rights holders have consented to, providing an alternative to the "train now, litigate later" model prevalent in the generative AI space.
Sonilo is a San Francisco-based AI company backed by B Capital. Its proprietary Sonilo v1.0 model composes original music directly from video footage, matching the pacing and emotion of every frame in seconds. Integrated with platforms like ComfyUI and Shutterstock, Sonilo provides creators with an ethical, high-fidelity solution for automated video scoring.
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