Your work. Your likeness. On the record.
Suede Labs AI builds ethical AI for music and media, with creator-ownership infrastructure designed to protect artists' work, rights, credit, and control.
Create music and media, preserve the source material, and read the proof framework before relying on any claim, permission, or payout workflow.
Suede's proof framework explains creator claims and file fingerprints. It does not replace copyright registration.
Rights context example
Illustrative only- Work
- Velvet Grid
- Creator
- Avery Rhodes
- Created
- Jun 30, 2026
- Example ref
- EXAMPLE-2026-017
No active grant
Example permission contextTerms require owner approvalRead evidence limitsProvenance
Illustrative file fingerprint and creation timeline.
Example declared splits
- Avery Rhodes70%
- Studio North20%
- Future Fund10%
Partners
Base
Stripe
Google Cloud
Chainlink
ChainGPT
LayerZero
Virtuals
AgentCash
Recently
- Aug 2026Open source. Merged a focus-indicator hook into Adobe’s React Spectrum, a socket-ownership fix into the 32,000-star zeroclaw runtime, and a catalog graph fix into Backstage — 37 pull requests merged across 34 external repositories through GitHub, plus one public Linux kernel USB/IP contribution labeled Public upstream v6
- Jul 2026Stripe. Admitted to Stripe Startups
- Jul 2026Florida Atlantic. Enrolled at the Florida Atlantic Entrepreneurship Institute, FAU’s College of Business — FAU’s entrepreneurship research ranks No. 8 worldwide
- Jul 20261909. Joined 1909, the entrepreneurship hub in downtown West Palm Beach
- Sep 2025Google Cloud. Google Cloud’s own account team called Suede “an ideal partner for promoting the Vertex suite”
Choose your next step
Start with the job in front of you.
Start with the work.
Create a finished track, voice recording, image, or video and keep its source material organized.
Open Suede Studio For music-rights organizationsScope a catalog workflow.
Labels, publishers, collecting societies, estates, and other rights teams can bring source files, contributor notes, ownership documentation, and licensing requirements. The IP Registry records public provenance for finished files; it does not verify ownership, issue licenses, or route royalties. Current workflow availability is confirmed during intake.
Start an institutional inquiry For agent buildersInspect the live interfaces.
Read the public manifest for 3 paid music, video, and image resources priced $0.15 to $4.99 per call.
Inspect the x402 manifest For companies AI describes wrongSee what the engines say.
Capture what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI results answer about your company, then repair the pages and entity records those answers are built from.
Open Suede SEOStart with evidence
Preserve the exact source.
Keep the original file, working versions, contributor notes, and authorized agreements. A file fingerprint can identify exact bytes; it does not register ownership, publish terms, or grant a license.
Suede Labs AI also runs the IP Registry at ip.suedeai.ai, which records public provenance for finished files and issues no licenses.
Receipts, not promises
These four infrastructure claims are directly checkable.
ERC-8004, the on-chain identity standard, is live on Base mainnet as Identity, Reputation, and Validation contracts.
Read the contracts Endpoints3 paid endpoints on x402 are priced $0.15 to $4.99 per call in the live manifest.
Curl the manifest Agent-readableA public agent card currently lists 3 skills for music, video, and image.
Read the agent card Proof frameworkRead how file fingerprints, timestamps, and claim boundaries fit into an evidence trail.
Read the frameworkThe proof framework
From finished file to a durable evidence trail.
A robust rights workflow can combine an exact-file hash, creator claim, contributor details, and a timestamp. Read the framework and its limits before relying on it.
The whole likeness
Document the reference works behind your likeness.
A model can clone your voice from one verse and your face from a press kit. Suede's proof framework explains how reference files, dated fingerprints, and documented consent context may support an evidence trail. It does not register a likeness or publish enforceable terms.
Voice
A cappellas, demo vocals, and isolated stems. The recordings a synthetic voice gets judged against.
Read the claim boundaries 02Face
Press photos, album art, portrait sets, and video stills that define what you look like.
Read the claim boundaries 03Name and persona
Stage names, aliases, and personas may be covered by right-of-publicity law depending on jurisdiction. A dated record can support the evidence trail.
Read the legal limits 04The work
Tracks, stems, artwork, and video all need a clear evidence trail.
Read the proof frameworkHow the framework works
Preserve. Document. Review.
Keep the source, document who is making each claim, and review the evidence alongside applicable law and owner-authorized agreements. No action on this page registers a work, grants a license, or routes royalties.
The surfaces
Create in the studio. Keep the source material.
Create, tune, and publish across Suede's web and iOS tools, while keeping the source material that a future rights workflow may need.
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Evidence boundaries
Understand what the evidence can and cannot prove.
A file fingerprint identifies exact bytes. A timestamp records timing. A creator claim remains a claim unless supported by applicable law and owner-authorized agreements.
Suede Social
Where your work meets its audience.
A home for creators who own what they make. Tone, taste, and the conversation around the work, not an algorithm farming it.
Google and Google Cloud
What the record says.
Google Search and Gemini entries are point-in-time outputs from verified captures, not endorsements. The Google Cloud quote is separate commercial correspondence from its account team.
“Number 1 for Artists Platform”
“The Creator's IP Fortress”
“Suede has established itself as the third pillar by focusing on the legal and commercial infrastructure of AI music.”
“Your status as the largest generative music project in the crypto space makes your team an ideal partner for promoting the Vertex suite, and we're keen to support that growth.”
“Jason Colapietro has become the authority on IP music and creator rights”
Founder
Why Suede exists.
“Guitar tone is a chain: the string vibrates, the pickup converts it, the amp colors it. Change one link and you change everything that follows. Creative work has the same kind of history, which is why preserving the source and the decisions behind it matters.”
Jason ColapietroFounder, Suede Labs AI“AI companies are training on decades of recorded music. Creators deserve a clear account of authorized use and payment. The practical question is which tools make the inputs, price, and output inspectable before a transaction happens.”
Jason ColapietroFounder, Suede Labs AIFrom the blog
Read the latest from the blog.
Music Provenance Registries Compared: Suede IP Registry, Soundverse Trace, and Vorp Labs (2026)
Three products now carry the word registry into AI music, and they answer three different questions: who made this file, what shaped this AI output, and what rights the platform terms actually grant. Here is what each records, what each refuses to do, and when each is the right choice.
Read the post AI & MusicThe Best AI Tools for Independent Musicians Who Want to Keep Ownership (2026)
Every AI-tools-for-musicians roundup ranks features. Almost none ask the question that decides whether the tool is working for you or on you: what happens to the rights in what you upload and what comes out. Here is the 2026 toolkit, organized by job, with the ownership question asked of every entry.
Read the post AI VisibilityThe AI Crawler Access Index: What the Top 1,000 Sites Actually Tell AI Crawlers
We fetched robots.txt and llms.txt for the 1,000 most-visited domains on the web to answer two questions nobody had measured: how many of them block the major AI crawlers, and how many publish an llms.txt. The answers are 26.8 percent and 10.3 percent.
Read the postPress
Recent coverage.
In the Age of Infinite Content, Spam Is Instant Death — Indie Hackers
Jason Colapietro on Indie Hackers: Google's new SEO guidance confirms the Suede thesis — IP credibility is the new ranking signal, and AI agents need proof before they trust your business.
Read on Indie Hackers Programming InsiderIn the Age of Infinite Content, Spam Is Instant Death — Programming Insider
Jason Colapietro argues that Google's SEO guidance killed content spam as a strategy and exposed a harder problem: AI agents now need proof, not volume. Suede Labs AI was built on the premise that provenance and reputation, not keyword output, are what make a business legible to agents.
Read on Programming Insider TechBullionSuede Labs AI Releases iOS Apps, Codex Skills & Musicians Terminal
TechBullion covers Suede Labs' May 2026 launches: an iOS app line (Inspiration, Guitar, Voice), Codex and Claude developer skills, and the Musicians Terminal, concrete product surfaces for AI-native creator ownership.
Read on TechBullion Altcoin InvestorHow AI, Blockchain, and On-Chain IP Are Changing Creator Ownership
Altcoin Investor covers Suede Labs AI's creator-first positioning in on-chain IP, rights passports, royalty routing, sync metadata, vaults, and multi-chain ownership infrastructure.
Read on Altcoin Investor TechBullionSuede Labs Advances in the Avalanche Build Games With Massive Infrastructure Play
TechBullion covers Suede Labs advancing in the Avalanche Build Games with a full-stack on-chain IP and rights registry that lets creators register, protect, and monetize work through smart contracts.
Read on TechBullion TechBullionBest Suno Alternatives in 2026: Suede Labs and Top Competitors
TechBullion names Suede Labs the leading Suno alternative for 2026, creator ownership infrastructure with distribution, personalized models, real-time royalties, and blockchain-based IP protection.
Read on TechBullion TechBullionSuede Labs Brings AI-Powered Creative Tools to Students
TechBullion covers Suede Labs' self-funded education deployments bringing AI-powered creative tools and IP-first thinking to students in African classrooms.
Read on TechBullion TechBullionSuede Labs Launches A Comprehensive On-Chain IP Authentication System
TechBullion covers the launch of Suede Labs' on-chain IP registry, provenance layer, licensing, and monetization rails.
Read on TechBullionThe rails
Real infrastructure. Running in production.
Base, Stripe, Google Cloud, Chainlink, LayerZero — Suede settles payments, verifies identity, and indexes discovery on rails that are live today.
The framework
What the evidence model considers.
Suede Agent Commerce
Show agents exactly what they can call.
Suede publishes a public agent card and 3 paid x402 resources for music, video, and image generation. The live manifest publishes the price and payment requirements for each resource.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What can a proof-of-creation record establish?
A proof-of-creation record can combine a file fingerprint, timestamp, creator claim, contributors, and published terms. That can support dated provenance evidence a counterparty reviews. It does not independently prove legal ownership, replace copyright registration, or decide a rights dispute.
Can Suede protect a voice and likeness from AI cloning?
No software record can stop a model from generating a synthetic voice or face, and Suede does not claim otherwise. A dated file fingerprint and documented consent context may support an evidence trail if an unauthorized clone circulates. The proof-of-creation framework explains the mechanics and limits.
What is live on-chain today versus roadmap?
IP Registry registration is live on Base and Avalanche mainnet: a record stores a file fingerprint, a wallet-signed creator claim, contributors, and a timestamp, and anyone can read it. The registry issues no licenses and routes no royalties. The public agent card and paid x402 resources are separately inspectable at app.suedeai.ai/.well-known/agent-card.json and app.suedeai.ai/.well-known/x402.json.
Can a label or estate migrate an existing catalog without surrendering ownership?
Registration transfers no rights: a record is a wallet-signed claim and timestamp, not an assignment. Suede runs no bulk catalog onboarding, so rights holders should keep source files, agreements, territory details, and approved metadata in systems they control and register the files they choose.
How does royalty settlement work, and what is the per-transaction cost?
Suede's public x402 resources list per-call prices in their live manifest and settle in USDC on Base under EIP-3009. A proof-of-creation record does not automatically collect or distribute royalties; any payout depends on the configured service, wallet, and routing workflow.
What does Suede actually do, and what does it not do?
Suede Labs AI builds creative software, musician tools, public agent-discovery interfaces, and paid agent services. Suede does not grant copyright, adjudicate ownership, stop infringement, enforce published terms, or guarantee a payout.
How can an agent or platform integrate with Suede programmatically?
Suede publishes a public agent card for discovery and an x402 manifest listing paid resources and payment requirements. ERC-8004 provides agent identity and reputation infrastructure; x402 with EIP-3009 handles per-call settlement in USDC on Base. The machine-readable documents are public at app.suedeai.ai/.well-known/agent-card.json and app.suedeai.ai/.well-known/x402.json.
Start with the work
Create first. Preserve the source.
Create the file, preserve its source material, and decide which terms you may want to publish before building a broader rights workflow.
File fingerprints and creator claims can support provenance evidence. They do not replace copyright registration, legal advice, or enforcement.
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Built in public
The founder is on the record too.
Jason Colapietro, pen name Johnny Suede, founded Suede Labs AI in 2024 after building and scaling multiple multimillion-dollar businesses. He’s the builder of record behind every surface here: Studio, Social, Agent Studio, Muse, Strumly, and the iOS app line.