MusicAtlas is building the search and intelligence layer for recorded music.
MusicAtlas is building the search and intelligence layer for recorded music. Its platform helps listeners, artists, and the music industry discover, understand, and match music using audio, lyrics, and cultural context. The underlying technology powers use cases ranging from consumer discovery to professional workflows like sync licensing and catalog intelligence.
MusicAtlas is building the search and intelligence layer for recorded music. The platform uses multi-model analysis across audio, lyrics, and cultural context to help users discover, understand, and match music at a deeper level than traditional metadata-based systems.
MusicAtlas serves multiple audiences across the music ecosystem. For listeners, it enables more exploratory and intuitive discovery. For artists, it provides modern tools for visibility and representation. For industry professionals, it powers workflows like catalog search, contextual insights, and creative sync through products such as SyncSearch and Robin.
By making music searchable by sound globally, MusicAtlas is transforming how music is discovered and understood across modern applications.
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Neil Shah is the founder and CEO of MusicAtlas, a platform building the search and intelligence layer for recorded music. A Grammy-nominated music producer, he was an early team member at Venmo, helping to scale it to widespread use. He later served as an executive at Verizon and has advised and invested in multiple successful startups.
Jason O’Mara, COO
Jason O’Mara is the co-founder and COO of MusicAtlas. A touring session musician, he previously built and ran the web design and development firm Roja, and brings extensive experience across search optimization, technology, and operations.
Clayton Warwick, Growth
Clayton Warwick is a co-founder of MusicAtlas, leading Growth. An established music curator and former artist manager and supervisor, he has worked across TV, film, and music, with deep relationships across buyers and rights holders.
Jedd Katrancha
Chief Creative Officer at Downtown Music.
Sam Abbas
Chief Executive Officer at SimplyWise.
Explore Maps is MusicAtlas’s consumer discovery experience, allowing listeners to navigate music through interactive maps based on sound, style, and cultural context rather than traditional genres.
SyncSearch is a catalog intelligence platform for labels, publishers, and rights owners, enabling teams to search, analyze, and match tracks using audio, lyrics, and contextual signals to power sync placements and creative workflows.
SyncRep is a modern sync representation platform that helps artists and their teams increase visibility for licensing opportunities while maintaining control of their catalog and data.
Robin helps filmmakers find real, licensable music for their scenes faster. Search songs from major and independent labels, publishers, and artists using scene descriptions, sonic similarity, and lyrics.
Provides programmatic access to MusicAtlas’s search and intelligence layer, enabling developers and partners to integrate music discovery, similarity, and analysis into their own applications.
“We all walk around with access to hundreds of millions of songs, yet finding the right piece of music at the right moment is still incredibly difficult. MusicAtlas is building the infrastructure to change that—making music searchable by sound, context, and intent, and improving the speed and accuracy of discovery across the entire music ecosystem.” — Neil Shah, Founder & CEO, MusicAtlas
Founded: 2025
HQ: NYC
Focus: Global music search infrastructure
Models: contrastive, characteristic, heuristic, lyric (industry only)
Robin Film Grant (Spring 2026)