Company

Epidemic Sound

Epidemic Sound provides royalty-free music and sound effects for video creators, filmmakers, and content producers across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. The platform offers a direct license model covering global rights and includes AI-powered tools for syncing tracks to video content. It serves individual creators, businesses, and enterprises with subscription plans and custom licensing options.

Epidemic Sound is a privately held company operating in the media & entertainment sector, based in Sweden.

www.epidemicsound.com ↗

Leadership

Former

Oscar Höglund

CEO · 2009–2026

Recent developments

AI summary of recent coverage

Recent coverage of Epidemic Sound has focused on leadership changes, with co-founder Oscar Höglund stepping down as CEO to join the board while CFO Sara Börsvik assumed the interim CEO role. The company has also been highlighted for its expansion into artificial intelligence tools, including an AI-powered studio for automating video soundtracking and a feature allowing creators to modify licensed tracks while expanding its artist compensation model. Additionally, Epidemic Sound has launched a global artist series featuring reworked tracks from its catalogue.

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