Epidemic Sound has acquired Song Sleuth, a music recognition technology company specializing in identifying and monetizing music in user-generated content (UGC). This acquisition launches Aentidote, a new service under the Epidemic Sound Group aimed at improving payment accuracy to artists and rights holders for music usage across online platforms.

The acquisition represents Epidemic Sound's third major purchase in recent years, following AP Records (now Overtone Studios) in 2022 and Soundly in 2023.

Aentidote leverages Song Sleuth's AI technology to detect music usage that traditional systems often miss, including remixes, covers, and live recordings. The service boasts a 95% identification success rate, positioning itself as a leading solution for UGC music tracking and monetization.

Jordan Gross, CEO of Song Sleuth, emphasizes the importance of this merger: "By joining forces with Epidemic Sound, we're scaling our vision to offer unprecedented clarity and control across the entire music ecosystem, providing platforms with ever more accurate identification systems, while giving artists, labels, and publishers confidence that their work is being both found and rewarded."

This strategic move comes as the creator economy is projected to reach nearly half-a-trillion dollars by 2027, according to Goldman Sachs, highlighting the growing importance of accurate music recognition and monetization in the UGC space.

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