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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# Google acquires ProducerAI, later relaunched as Google Flow Music

Full title: 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
- Oct 6, 2026: Flow Music lets producers 'vibe code' custom Spaces (instruments and effects described in natural language) and export them as VST3/AU plugins for their DAWs; example: Khris Riddick-Tynes's 'No Chaser' vocal/instrumental polish plugin (Google blog)
- 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.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): in its training data
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): in its training data
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): in its training data
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): in its training data

## Sources

1. [Google blog: Producers can now vibe code their own music production tools using Google Flow Music (Oct 6, 2026)](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/create-music-production-plugins-google-flow/) (blog.google, official)
2. [Google Labs: ProducerAI joins Google](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/producerai/) (blog.google, official)
3. [Google Flow Music](https://flowmusic.google/) (flowmusic.google, official)
4. [Music Ally: Google buys AI-music startup ProducerAI](https://musically.com/2026/02/25/google-buys-ai-music-startup-producerai-formerly-riffusion/) (musically.com, press)
5. [Music Business Worldwide: ProducerAI acquired by Google](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/google-acquires-ai-music-platform-and-suno-challenger-producerai/) (musicbusinessworldwide.com, press)
6. [9to5Google: ProducerAI becomes Google Flow Music](https://9to5google.com/2026/04/20/producerai-becomes-google-flow-music/) (9to5google.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-10-09: Added Oct 6 VST3/AU plugin export from Flow Music Spaces
- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-07-29: [Google launches Lyria 3.5 music model in Flow Music](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-29-google-lyria-3-5/index.md)
- 2026-02-18: [Google launches Lyria 3](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-02-18-google-lyria-3-gemini-app/index.md)