How AI & Data Are Fixing Music Royalties | Nuno Guerreiro

The music industry, once an opaque world of complex contracts, is undergoing a tech revolution led by Kobalt Music. The challenge is immense: processing trillions of streams and tracking rights across hundreds of territories.

Kobalt’s CTO, Nuno Guerreiro, explains the foundational architecture that powers their “noble mission” of transparency. He details the shift from fragmented regional contracts to a single global database, a revolutionary step that enables their creator-first model. Guerreiro, who brings experience from data-intensive sectors such as banking, discusses scaling this platform. It includes KOSIGN, which gives “up-and-coming writers” access to the same robust infrastructure as superstars, and a B2B strategy to become the industry’s backbone.

He also confronts the AI conundrum, explaining how Kobalt uses it to automatically match over 99% of works while simultaneously defending the creator royalty pool from dilution. Finally, Guerreiro touches on the strategic partnership with DataArt, which is accelerating Kobalt’s technological transformation.