Our guest is the co-founder and CEO of Daaci, an AI music composition platform. Rachel Lyske is a vocal coach at the BRIT School of Performing Arts, having worked with artists signed to record labels including Dirty Hit, Atlantic, Infectious and Square Leg Records and is a music consultant for the music exam body ABRSM.

Here's what we discussed:

• Can you tell us a bit about your journey and how you went into the music industry? (00:58)
• Did you always know you wanted to be a CEO and founder? (08:05)
• Are there any characteristics that you've taken from your time as a composer in the tech world? (11:22)
• Does this type of technology get its information and data from popular music that already exists? Are you having to be aware of the potential ethical consequences of a technology like this – for example, copyright? (14:17)
• Have you had much backlash about the Daaci offering (from the music industry for example)? (18:33)
• Do you see AI becoming an integral part of other creative industries outside of music? For example, in film? (22:15)
• There are fears about the likelihood of AI taking jobs once performed by humans. Where does this kind of technology leave the job of composition done by humans? (25:20)
• In 2022, you secured £4m in seed funding. What was your process in achieving this funding and do you have any advice for our listeners on how they can achieve funding? (28:54)
• Reports say that only 3% of VC funding goes to female-founded businesses – have you experienced any challenges as a female founder? (32:09)
• Answer the Internet: How do people get AI to do what they want? (34:49)
• What makes a great business leader? (36:09)

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