Kakul Srivastava: AI Should Pay the Artists It Learns From

From 100 Women in AI · 47:14

Show by Cheraé Robinson

Kakul Srivastava believes AI in music has to start by paying the artists it learns from. As CEO of Splice, she’s made sure real artists are compensated for the material behind every AI tool the company builds and, where possible, for what those tools create, too. It’s a choice that grew out of a career spent building the tools people reach for when they’re chasing a creative dream, from Flickr to Adobe Creative Cloud, and seeing how complicated software can feel like a door slammed in someone’s face.In this conversation, Cheraé Robinson talks with Kakul about the mentor who convinced her to start her first company while raising two young kids, and how she walked into the music industry as an outsider with plenty of imposter syndrome and made that perspective her advantage. She also shares how Splice decides where AI belongs in creative work, and why the more she uses AI, the more she protects time for deep thinking with a pen and paper.Chapters (00:00) Why creative tools should open doors (00:50) Meet Kakul Srivastava (01:28) Coming to the US and the plan to become a doctor (05:24) Systems thinking and learning to trust intuition (09:41) Starting Tomfoolery as a young mom (14:42) Everyone is figuring it out as they go (17:03) How AI makes her more aware of how she thinks (19:09) What an acquisition taught her (21:03) A career built around creative tools (27:34) Choosing Splice (30:58) Stepping in as CEO after the founders (33:12) Leading a music company through the AI transition (36:28) Deciding where AI belongs in creative work (41:16) Earning the industry's trust as an outsider (43:37) Advice for creators (45:08) The woman who inspires herResources mentionedSplice: https://splice.comSpitfire Audio: https://www.spitfireaudio.comNitzan Hermon: https://nitzan.linkPeople mentionedKakul Srivastava, Steve Martocci, Matt Aimonetti, Marissa Mayer, Demis Hassabis, Nitzan HermonAbout the show100 Women in AI features conversations with the honorees of the 100 Women in AI list from Flybridge and XFactor Ventures. If this episode moved you, follow the show so you don't miss the next one, and leave a rating or review to help more people find these stories. Learn more at www.100womeninai.com and follow along at instagram.com/100womeninai. Flybridge is an investor in Splice.

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