The first rights registry where only humans can register music.

AI music supply is infinite. Verified-human music isn't. ekos is the application layer that makes the difference — built on World ID and Story Protocol.

Creators: register your IP with proof of humanity. Listeners: verify to enable play counting. Or just browse.

Registered Tracks

Verified Plays

The music industry has a rail problem.

$2B/year
lost to streaming fraud (Beatdapp)
60,000 AI tracks/day
uploaded to Deezer — 39% of daily intake
85% of streams
on AI-generated tracks were fraudulent in 2025

Three approaches exist — detection (Deezer), disclosure (Spotify), source provenance (C2PA). All three are reactive, supply-side only, and ignore whether a real human was on the other side of the stream.

We wrote the full thesis.

Read the ekos lightpaper →

The Entry Point — Moments

Music is the new modality for self-expression. Think Instagram for music — but instead of a photo, you capture a feeling through sound. Every Moment is AI-composed from your description, registered on-chain with your verified human identity, and owned by you from the start.

Creating a Moment is the easiest on-ramp into the verified-human music ecosystem.

  • ✓ Describe what you're feeling or experiencing
  • ✓ AI composes music from your description
  • ✓ Register as an IP Asset on Story Protocol — you own it
  • ✓ License terms are machine-readable from day one
  • ✓ Verified human identity attached — no AI impersonation possible

Not just content creation — it's identity + ownership + licensing in a single flow. The fun surface conceals serious infrastructure.

A neutral rail. Verified humans. Machine-readable terms.

World ID Orb verification

Only unique, verified humans can register works. Pseudonymity preserved, sybil attacks blocked.

Story Protocol native

Every work becomes an on-chain IP Asset with programmable license terms. Portable, composable, auditable.

AI-native license types

First-class support for AI training licenses — the license category every other registry ignores.

Where This Goes

01
Creator identity + works + AI-training license terms. Verified humans register, AI companies can query.← now
02
Buyer flow. AI companies browse, license, and pay via USDC. Real commercial transactions.
03
Sync licensing self-serve. Music supervisors query the registry at their price point.
04
Verified listeners. User-centric streaming payments, direct fan tips, sybil-resistant metrics.
05
Usage ingestion. Oracles from DSPs and AI pipelines route royalties programmatically.
06
The registry becomes a standard. Integrations with MLC, PROs, DDEX. The new default rail for music.

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