Artiphon

Artiphon’s mission is for people to be musical every day, playing consumer-friendly smart instruments connected to an interactive multimedia platform.

  • Stage $5M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location Nashville, TN, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2011
  • Employees 25
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website artiphon.com

Company Summary

Artiphon is designing the future of interactive music, from smart creative devices to AR musical video apps. To-date, we've sold over 150k devices ($5.7M revenue in 2022, tracking to $10M in 2023) and driven over 15M plays on our AR music experiences with artists. Artiphon is partnered with Warner Music, Snap, and an increasing array of social, streaming, and label strategics.

Team

  • Founder/CEO

    Mike is the founder of Artiphon and the inventor of the INSTRUMENT 1. He holds an M.A. in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Sound Studies from Virginia Tech, has toured the country as a multi-instrumentalist, taught as a professor of sociology, and consulted around the world as a consumer electronics designer.

  • Kevin’s 35 years of experience in the music industry include the design of the first digital audio recorder and pioneering high-resolution audio recording. He has extensive experience in hardware engineering and Chinese contract manufacturing.

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    Content creation, advertising, e-commerce, SEO

  • Director of Products

    Arne's 20+ years in the music industry includes engineering/mixing some of the top electronic concerts and festivals in the world, managing product lines worth $80M/year at Line6 and Yamaha, and helping to develop and launch the INSTRUMENT 1.

  • Eric Christopher
    Director of Engineering

    With over 15 years experience in engineering leadership at National Instruments and Moog Music, Eric brings efficiency and expertise across all of Artiphon's development areas including mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software development.

Previous Investors

  • Dave McClure/500 Startups
    Unconfirmed
    Eric Ries
    Unconfirmed
    2nd Generation Capital
    Unconfirmed
  • Steve Case
    Unconfirmed
    Courtney Watson
    Unconfirmed

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