BandLab buys Aiode, its AI studio trained on 100% licensed audio

BandLab Technologies acquired Aiode, an AI-powered music studio, on July 15, 2026. The deal gives the Singapore-based company a third music-making platform next to BandLab and Cakewalk. Terms were not disclosed.

The three platforms cover different ways of making music. BandLab runs on mobile. Cakewalk runs on the desktop. Aiode, available on web and desktop, is the one built around AI. BandLab Technologies, a division of Caldecott Music Group, also owns ReverbNation and Airbit.

What Aiode actually does

Aiode lets you build tracks using audio-to-audio models made with professional session musicians and producers. You start from a blank project or import your own audio, then pick musician- or style-based models to play across the track.

You can direct the performance section by section, ask for more hi-hats here or a simpler solo line there, and generate alternate takes for a single part without touching the rest of the song. When you’re done, you export stems or a full mix, or drag the files straight into your DAW.

The models based on individual musicians are built in collaboration with them and under their artistic direction, so each one stays true to that musician’s sound. That consent-first setup, founded in 2022, is the same one the site covered when Aiode raised $5.5 million with an Abbey Road Studios endorsement.

Why the licensed-audio angle matters

Aiode’s provenance claim lands in the middle of the industry’s fight over how AI models get built. The major labels sued Suno and Udio in 2024, alleging both trained on copyrighted recordings without a license. Some of those disputes later moved toward licensing, with Warner settling with Suno and Universal reaching a deal with Udio in late 2025.

Aiode says 100% of its training audio is licensed and traceable, covering both performances recorded with musicians and other audio licensed for training. Drew Silverstein, Senior Advisor for AI at BandLab Technologies, co-founded Amper Music before Shutterstock bought it in 2020. He framed the fit around the same consent point.

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What sets Aiode apart is that it was made hand in hand with musicians, who share in the value their work helps create. That makes Aiode a natural fit for BandLab Technologies.

What changes for Aiode users

Not much, at least at first. Aiode continues as a standalone product with uninterrupted service, and its musician partnerships and licensing agreements stay in place. Co-founders Idan Dobrecki and Blue Dobrecky keep running it as CEO and COO.

Native audio recording and more DAW functionality are planned for future versions, with timing to be announced. For a producer, the read is simple. BandLab now owns a generative studio it can sell as clean training data, at a moment when the biggest names in AI music are still arguing about theirs in court. Whether the licensed models sound as good as the contested ones is the question the demos will have to answer.