Soundcloud rappers, rejoice

Happy Hump Day! In today’s digest, I’m covering a new AI music tool from some industry veterans. So if you have any Soundcloud rapper friends, forward them this email.

The headlines: 

🛜 Nutrition labels for broadband? You betcha says the FCC. 

💻 Google introduced two new Gemma variants for code completion.

🍎 Apple doubled its iPhone production in India over the past year. 

🤖 Google unveiled new AI chips that are apparently 30% better than its rivals.

Did you know that a whopping 66% of Americans have explored playing a musical instrument at some point in their life? That mightn’t surprise you too much if you’ve been paying attention to the rise of TikTok and Soundcloud artists who have dreams of topping the charts. 

While creating music has become more accessible with online learning, AI, and platforms like Soundcloud, breaking into the scene is still a mystery. 

That’s why Venice Music exists; founded by Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo, who, between them, have nurtured the careers of stars like Lady Gaga and John Legend. The two came together to build a platform that helps budding artists market and distribute their music more effectively. Now, they are launching Venice Co-Manager. 

Co-Manager is an AI-powered assistant for your music career. It combines your existing music data like subscribers, play count, and sales with industry expert knowledge to give you personalized recommendations on how to grow. 

Say you’re wondering how to increase your YouTube numbers. Co-Manager will analyze your current data and pull insights from experts in things like marketing, streaming, and artist management to provide a customized plan of action. Or say you want to find artists to collaborate with, it will delve into your musical style and audience size and help you reach out to suitable artists.

Christmas is a while away yet, but if you have a Soundcloud rapper in the family who really should be headlining tours, a subscription to Venice Music might go a long way.

• Infinity AI lets you generate a video just by typing a script. 
• Mata Today is a reimagined news app built for the Gen Z audience. 
• Starmony lets you create a unique song by using AI.

You built your site and you’re ready to show it to the world. What next? You deploy, of course, but where? One of the most popular options is Vercel. Makers say it’s “super fast,” “easy to deploy on,” with “great support.”

Here are some recent apps that use Vercel: 

• Dub.co - a shortlink platform built for marketers. 
• Velt - a tool to add commenting and collaboration to your app. 
• AI Anywhere - an AI product to help with crafting the perfect response.

• Glazed lets you turn your Figma designs into tracking plans.
•  Persana uses AI to help increase your prospecting success rate.
• heardeer lets you focus on shipping while it handles user interviews.