Google acquires ProducerAI (formerly Riffusion), later relaunched as Google Flow Music
Google bought AI music startup ProducerAI (formerly Riffusion) and moved it into Google Labs, switching the product to Gemini, Lyria 3, Veo and Nano Banana; in April 2026 it was rebranded Google Flow Music, where Lyria 3.5 debuted on 2026-07-29.
Key facts
- Announced in a Google Labs blog post by Elias Roman; team joins Google Labs
- ProducerAI (Riffusion) had its own FUZZ models; after the deal it runs on Gemini, Lyria 3, Veo and Nano Banana
- Service switched over on 2026-02-20; previous user data and sessions became inaccessible (per Music Ally)
- Rebranded Google Flow Music in April 2026 (9to5Google, 2026-04-20), part of the Flow product family
What happened
Riffusion began in 2022 as a hobby project generating music via Stable Diffusion spectrograms, became a startup, and rebranded in 2025 as ProducerAI, an "agentic music producer" powered by its FUZZ-2.0 model. Google acquired it in February 2026 and replaced its models with Google DeepMind's. In April 2026 Google renamed it Google Flow Music, adding remix, replace and extend tools, and on 2026-07-29 launched Lyria 3.5 there first.
Why it matters
Google gained a dedicated music-creation product and team, putting it in direct competition with Suno and Udio with an in-house model stack.
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
Related events
- Google launches Lyria 3: song generation with vocals in the Gemini app ★★★
- Google launches Lyria 3.5 music model in Flow Music; Gemini API GA follows ★★★
Sources (5)
- officialGoogle Labs: ProducerAI joins Google
- pressMusic Ally: Google buys AI-music startup ProducerAI
- pressMusic Business Worldwide: ProducerAI acquired by Google
- press9to5Google: ProducerAI becomes Google Flow Music
- officialGoogle Flow Music
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