AI music company wants to press users' creations onto vinyl records

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Set us as preferred Artificial intelligence music company Suno is going retro — eventually.The Cambridge, Mass.-based AI company has announced Suno Vinyl, a service that will press users’ generated AI tracks onto vinyl records.It has not gone live.

The company has started a waiting list, with the first pressing reserved for users who sign up.A Suno spokesperson said the company is exploring ways for people to turn their music into physical artifacts.“Press a banger, because it’s too good to live on a screen,” Suno wrote on its website.Users will be able to build a tracklist of up to 46 minutes from their Suno library, then either upload their own album artwork or generate it on the platform for the sleeve, labels and cover.

Each record will be a 12-inch pressing made from PETG, a type of plastic.Pricing is estimated about $45 plus shipping.

Suno has not said who will press the records.Hollywood Inc.

The music industry’s biggest players have proposed several guidelines for how to treat music produced with AI.Vinyl records have seen a major resurgence ever since millennials brought the format back into mainstream culture in the 2010s.Over the years, it’s become customary for major musicians to release several vinyl variants to help promote their latest album.

Olivia Rodrigo most recently released roughly 10 variants of her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” in June.Last year, vinyl record purchases accounted for more than $1 billion in U.S.sales, up more than 9%, according to the Recording Industry Assn.

of America’s annual report.It was the first time vinyl revenue topped $1 billion since 1983.The format sold 46.8 million units, against 29.5 million CDs in 2025.

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