Popster, which currently has a few thousand users, has seen nearly 10,000 original songs created on the app. The startup was co-founded by Themis Drakonakis and Sotiris Kaniras and has raised $280,000 from the Realize Tech Fund. It is currently raising a pre-seed funding round to grow its team and enhance its video server. Future plans include launching paid features and partnering with music labels. The app is available for download on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Key takeaways:
- Popster, a social music-sharing app, is introducing two new features to increase its user base: an AI image generator for cover art and a collaboration feature where artists can remix another user’s song.
- The app uses AI technology to generate ideas for lyrics, create new beats, and enhance audio quality. It also offers a tool powered by OpenAI that allows users to compose a backtrack for their voice recordings.
- Popster's new "Albums" feature allows artists to generate an image that can be displayed like a sticker overlay on their short-form video, adding an extra layer of sophistication for new artists.
- The app is also introducing a "Mashup" feature, similar to TikTok’s “Stitch” and “Duet” tools, that lets artists create remixes and collaborate with other artists. The feature allows users to record their own video, which will appear side-by-side with another person’s video.