Keenan Freyberg
Keenan Freyberg co-founded Suno, an AI music company that builds models and products for making songs. Before Suno, he and its future co-founders worked at Kensho, which focused on AI solutions for business problems. Suno released Bark and moved into music generation; Freyberg later suggested a prompt change for its V3 model and said vocals are a big part of the fun. He left Suno's chief operating officer role in January 2025 and, as of October 2026, is a co-founder and general partner at Lakehold.
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Timeline
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By 2022
Working at Kensho
Until 2022, he and his future Suno co-founders work at Kensho, a Cambridge company focused on finding AI solutions to complex business problems.
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2022
Co-founding Suno
In 2022, he co-founds Suno in Cambridge with Mikey Shulman, Georg Kucsko and Martin Camacho; Suno builds a music creation model and a consumption platform.
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2023
Bark and the Discord beta
Suno releases Bark, an open-source text-to-speech and audio model, in April 2023, then tests its early music generator through a Discord bot in mid-2023.
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2024
Shaping a blues prompt
At a 2024 demonstration of Suno's V3 model, he suggests adding ‘Mississippi’ to an acoustic blues prompt, and the model produces a more unusual song.
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March 2024
Making room for vocals
In March 2024, he says vocals are a big part of the fun of making music.
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January 2025
Leaving the COO role
He leaves Suno's chief operating officer role in January 2025.
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As of October 2026
Lakehold general partner
As of October 2026, he is a co-founder and general partner at Lakehold.
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- A ChatGPT for Music Is Here. Inside Suno, the Start-up Changing Everything
- Report: Suno Business Breakdown & Founding Story | Contrary Research
- Suno’s Hit Factory - Lightspeed Venture Partners
- I tried AI music tool Suno — here's how it sounds | Tom's Guide
- Suno Jobs and Careers | Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)