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ArtMaster Raises $2.4M Seed Round for AI Piano Learning
AI piano-learning startup ArtMaster, previously backed by Robert Kyncl, raises $2.4M seed round with Moises among new investors.
In brief
AI piano-learning startup ArtMaster, previously backed by Robert Kyncl, raises $2.4M seed round with Moises among new investors. ArtMaster, a Prague-based AI piano-learning startup, raised $2.4 million seed funding with new investors including Moises, to expand its AI models for music education. Originally reported by…
ArtMaster Raises $2.4M Seed Round
ArtMaster, the Prague-based company behind AI-powered piano-learning app Artie, has raised a USD $2.4 million seed round.
New Investors Include Moises
New investors in the round include investment firms Factorial Capital and Reflex Capital, as well as AI music platform Moises.
Past Supporters Named
ArtMaster names Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl and Jaroslav Beck, a co-founder of Beat Saber developer Beat Games, among its past supporters.
AI Models for Music Learning
ArtMaster says it will use the capital to keep building its AI models, which are trained entirely on its own proprietary data and designed to support independent development of creative skills, starting with musical performance.
Nir Zicherman and Eliška Vorel Invest
New investors include Nir Zicherman, co-founder of podcast platform Anchor, and Eliška Vorel, a senior product manager for Gemini at Google DeepMind.
Artie User Growth
Artie reached more than 500,000 users and over 100 million views across social media channels within a year, with paying subscribers growing 38% month-over-month.
AI Learning Benefits
The top 10% of Artie’s users average sessions of 36 minutes, and more than 700 million people worldwide spend 65 billion hours a year learning music.
AI Learning for Music
ArtMaster started as a music school in Prague in 2018, which the company says Radim Vysoký co-founded with Michal Novák, to address frustrations with traditional music education.
The short version
ArtMaster, a Prague-based AI piano-learning startup, raised $2.4 million seed funding with new investors including Moises, to expand its AI models for music education.
