Each year, almost a third of musical rights disappear without ever reaching their creators. About 15 billion euros in fees are lost in the complexity of metadata, correspondence errors and the fragmentation of national collective management systems. It is this imbalance that the young French shoot Claimy is working to correct, by combining artificial intelligence and expertise in the musical sector.
Founded in 2023 by Pierre-Alban Mulliez,, Gustave Larrouturou And Guillaume de LavenèreClaimy develops a technology capable of finding the rights lost through hundreds of databases, labels and platforms. The company is attacking a structural problem: music is exploited in more than 200 countries, each with its own scales and monitoring systems. “The beneficiaries only perceive 70 % of the sums due to them,” observes Pierre-Alban Mulliez. “Our objective is to restore the chain between the exploitation of a work and its remuneration. »»
To achieve this, the startup is based on two major technological bricks. The first aims to reconcile often incomplete or inconsistent metadata between management companies. The second is based on audio detection algorithms capable of identifying pieces even when they have been modified: accelerated versions, resumes, live or remixed extracts. “Current recognition technologies, like Shazam, only detect strictly identical copies,” said the manager. “We are developing models capable of identifying altered versions, where the majority of rights are lost. »»
This advance is the result of a research partnership with Télécom Pariswhose Listen Lab laboratory supervises a cifre thesis carried out within Claimy. The work focuses on the detection of processed sounds and the correspondence between protected compositions and extracts generated by artificial intelligence, an issue called to become central. “We are starting to work on the recognition of songs created by AI, a subject that will become essential in the coming years,” adds Pierre-Alban Mulliez.
Beyond technology, Claimy wants to make an opaque economy visible. Its B2B platform offers publishers and labels a dashboard to follow the exploitation of their works, anticipate payments and enhance their catalogs. “In music, the deadline between broadcasting and payment can reach two years,” recalls the co -founder. “Our solution allows our customers to know when and how much they will touch. »»
Claimy’s economic model is based on successful remuneration: the company collects up to 30 % of the additional amounts found. “We do not invoice anything upstream. Our interests are aligned with those of our customers, ”underlines Mulliez. The approach appeals to a sector in search of transparency and efficiency, while the financialization of catalogs – from Beatles to Justin Bieber – brings out a new demand for automated and reliable monitoring tools.
Based in Paris and London, Claimy announces that it has lifted 1.5 million euros In pre-buckling, with Business Angels from music and tech: Jean-Baptiste Hironde (founder of MWM), Julien Codorniou (ex-Facebook), Flavien Kulawik And Ludwig Saltsas well as public funding from Bpifrance and National Center for Music.
