In an industry where billions of dollars in royalties go unclaimed every year, Monetunes is emerging as a vital piece of modern music infrastructure.
Launched in 2025, Monetunes is a global, AI-powered music publishing and royalty recovery platform designed specifically for the creator economy – one that moves at the speed of streaming, social media, and user-generated content.
At its core, Monetunes exists to solve one of music’s longest-running problems: unclaimed and misallocated royalties. Poor metadata, fragmented rights systems, and outdated publishing processes have historically meant that songwriters, artists, and independent rights holders often never see the full value of their work. Monetunes addresses this head-on by combining automation, large-scale data analysis, and AI-native architecture to make global publishing accessible, transparent, and efficient.
The platform’s impact has been swift and measurable. In less than 12 months since launch, Monetunes has been ranked among the Top 1% of music publishers globally by catalog output and user-generated content (UGC) usage, according to Muso.ai. As of 2025, Monetunes’ represented works have generated over 1.4 billion streams, 2.4 billion UGC views, and 10 million Shazams across major digital platforms – remarkable figures for a company still in its first year of operation.
Monetunes was founded by Italian entrepreneur Antonio Di Puorto, whose background as a record label owner and artist manager gave him firsthand insight into how creators are routinely let down by traditional systems. After years of navigating opaque royalty statements, slow collection timelines, and missing income, Di Puorto recognized that the problem wasn’t a lack of talent or consumption – it was infrastructure.
The company began as a minimum viable product built from a laptop while Di Puorto was living in the Philippines. That scrappy origin reflects Monetunes’ broader ethos: powerful global tools shouldn’t be reserved for major labels and publishing giants. Independent creators deserve access to the same level of rights protection and revenue recovery, without sacrificing ownership or transparency.
What truly sets Monetunes apart is its AI-native approach to music publishing. Rather than relying on manual processes, the platform continuously scans large-scale UGC activity, matches audio usage across short-form and streaming platforms, identifies ownership conflicts, and detects so-called “black box” royalties – revenue pools that often remain undistributed due to missing or inaccurate rights data. By automating these workflows, Monetunes surfaces money that would otherwise never reach its rightful owners.
The platform currently supports royalty collection and metadata registration across 200+ territories, working directly with performance rights organizations (PROs), collective management organizations (CMOs), and digital service providers worldwide. This global-first approach reflects how music is actually consumed today: borderless, algorithm-driven, and deeply embedded in social platforms.
Unlike traditional publishing deals that often lock creators into long-term contracts and claim significant portions of rights, Monetunes is built around creator control. Artists and songwriters retain ownership of their works while Monetunes focuses on identifying, registering, and collecting publishing income across streaming, broadcast, live performance, sync, and digital platforms – all without upfront fees or subscriptions.
Today, Monetunes represents thousands of works across genres, from electronic and pop to hip-hop and global sounds. Its catalog spans both emerging artists and established names, including songs associated with artists such as Anuel AA, Charlie Puth, Chance The Rapper, Roberta Flack, and Zedd, alongside a growing community of independent creators worldwide.
Beyond publishing, Monetunes has also positioned itself as part of a broader creator ecosystem. Strategic partnerships with platforms like Matchfy, Songstats, and Musixmatch allow creators and music businesses to integrate rights management, analytics, and attribution tools into a more seamless workflow. This interconnected approach reflects a wider shift in the industry toward modular, creator-first infrastructure.
Operating fully remotely, Monetunes collaborates with artists, labels, distributors, and partners across Europe, Asia, and North America. Its distributed structure mirrors the global nature of its mission: to build the next generation of music publishing infrastructure – one that is transparent, automated, and aligned with how music is created, shared, and monetized in the streaming era.
As the creator economy continues to expand and UGC becomes an increasingly dominant driver of music discovery, platforms like Monetunes are no longer optional – they’re essential. By combining AI, global rights expertise, and a deep understanding of creator needs, Monetunes is not just recovering lost royalties, but redefining what modern music publishing can look like.
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