Genzi is the social app built around music. Share what you're listening to, discover new music and artists, join communities built around your style, and find events where music brings people together in real life.
Genzi started in 2022. We had the idea, validated it, and then had to pause. Budget ran out and life happened. For four years the app sat there, unfinished.
We never stopped thinking about it though. Music is too social to not have a place built around it, and that kept pulling us back.
So we rebuilt it. And here we are.
@rigoc congrats on the launch! Love this story. What's your take on Spotify's new chat? Genuinely curious. I've used it a few times, think it has potential, but hasn't been sticky for me yet.
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Any plans to integrate with the ATprotocol?
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I like this angle. Music is already social, but most apps still feel quite isolated in how you experience it. The idea of connecting people around shared taste and real-world events makes sense.
How are you handling discovery though? That’s always the bit that either keeps people coming back or not.
@becky_gaskell Thanks! Discovery will be based on personalized algorithm based on your favorite artists, genres, music, and similar events/communities you show interest in!
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Music has always been social but most platforms made it feel personal and isolated.
Turning music into a shared experience again with communities and real connections feels like the right direction.
Curious how you plan to keep it from becoming just another feed.
How do you handle music licensing when users share tracks within the social feed? Building around music is a bold move, love the community angle, congrats!
@mcarmonas Great question, we use the Apple Music API, so licensing is handled through Apple's existing agreements with labels and rights holders. We're building the social layer on top of that infrastructure, not around it.
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Congrats on launching! A whole app built around sharing music. I love it! Do the communities form around specific artists or more around genres?
@aya_vlasoff the user decides :) could be about an artist, a genre, or even both.
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There used to be a very popular app where you could set your mood and it would pick music based on that mood. A feature like that in your social music app would be very in demand ;)
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@rigoc congrats on the launch! Love this story. What's your take on Spotify's new chat? Genuinely curious. I've used it a few times, think it has potential, but hasn't been sticky for me yet.
Any plans to integrate with the ATprotocol?
I like this angle. Music is already social, but most apps still feel quite isolated in how you experience it. The idea of connecting people around shared taste and real-world events makes sense.
How are you handling discovery though? That’s always the bit that either keeps people coming back or not.
Genzi
@becky_gaskell Thanks! Discovery will be based on personalized algorithm based on your favorite artists, genres, music, and similar events/communities you show interest in!
Music has always been social
but most platforms made it feel personal and isolated.
Turning music into a shared experience again
with communities and real connections
feels like the right direction.
Curious how you plan to keep it from becoming
just another feed.
Genzi
@new_user___2902025abb5753b18b341a5 We are leaning into a Map-Based discovery system, but currently through community groups and events.
Humalike
How do you handle music licensing when users share tracks within the social feed? Building around music is a bold move, love the community angle, congrats!
Genzi
@mcarmonas Great question, we use the Apple Music API, so licensing is handled through Apple's existing agreements with labels and rights holders. We're building the social layer on top of that infrastructure, not around it.
Congrats on launching! A whole app built around sharing music. I love it! Do the communities form around specific artists or more around genres?
Genzi
@aya_vlasoff the user decides :) could be about an artist, a genre, or even both.
There used to be a very popular app where you could set your mood and it would pick music based on that mood. A feature like that in your social music app would be very in demand ;)