Songza
MusicUSAClosed 2016
Total Raised
$10M
Peak Valuation
$15M
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2016
Business model
Free, expertly-curated music streaming playlists organized by activity, mood, and time of day.
In brief
Built a beloved, human-curated playlist experience that helped shape how Google Play Music organized its own recommendation features after acquiring the company in 2014. Once its curation team's ideas and technology had been fully absorbed into Google Play Music, Google shut down…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2007
- Closed
- 2016
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Industry
- Music
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Elias Roman, Peter Asbill, Elliott Breece
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Often compared with: Spotify, Apple Music.