Suno launches Speech tool that adds background music to spoken-word audio

Suno has spent its short life teaching computers to write songs. Now it wants to score the words you say out loud. The AI music company launched a beta version of a tool called Speech on October 1, 2026. It lets users build audio tracks that blend spoken-word content with original background music. Think poetry readings, speeches, and bedtime stories, all with a custom soundtrack humming underneath. What the Speech tool actually does The core idea is simple. Speech generates spoken-word audio and music together, in one track, rather than forcing creators to stitch the two layers together after the fact. The range of formats is broad. According to the research findings, the tool can produce dramatic readings and ASMR content, with music styles that users can customize. The numbers behind the launch Suno is not a scrappy experiment anymore. The company is valued at over $5 billion. CEO Mikey Shulman reported that, as of October 1, 2026, Suno had surpassed two million subscribers. He also said annual recurring revenue topped $300 million. Annual recurring revenue is the yearly value of a company’s ongoing subscriptions. Put plainly, it is the money Suno can roughly count on coming in,...