AI Cafe: How AI Is Reshaping the Music Industry
AI Cafe: How AI Is Reshaping the Music Industry
Technology is reshaping how music is created, distributed, and monetized, from composition and production to royalties and rights management. This conversation explores what’s changing, who benefits, and how artists, founders, and operators can navigate the new music economy.
Agenda - AI Networking
8:45 - 10:00 am • Coffee and Socialize
10:00- 11:00 am • Talk and Presentation
February 19th, 2026
Lucas Cantor Santiago
Lucas Cantor Santiago is a composer, investor and 2x Emmy award winner. (details below) He finished Schubert's Unfinished Symphony with Artificial Intelligence, the 'completed' symphony is regularly performed around the world.
Lucas’s book Unfinished: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence debuted at #1 on Amazon New Releases and Music+Philosophy.
He scored the teases (the piece leading into the kickoff) to Super Bowl LVII featuring Bradley Cooper and Super Bowl LIX featuring Brad Pitt.
Lucas co-produced Lorde's cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" on the Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack. He co-wrote the theme music for Major League Soccer on Fox, Breakfast Ball on FS1 and The Facility on FS1.
He has worked in NBC's music department for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Athens, Torino, Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio, PyeongChang, Tokyo, and Paris. He won two Emmys for the Olympics (2008 and 2012).
In addition to his music career, Lucas is a founder and General Partner at Mindset Music Tech, a venture capital firm that invests in music technology. Mindset Music Tech was named on Billboard's "Finance 50" list in 2026.
About: Jeff Ponchick
Jeff Ponchick is the founder of Mogul, a platform which helps musicians and managers visualize their royalty business, locate missing monies, and help to patch up the cracks. Prior to starting Mogul Jeff created the digital distributor Repost Network which was later acquired by SoundCloud and became SoundCloud for Artists.
Jeff has worked with hundreds of thousands of artists across their royalties and registrations, locating millions of dollars in found money. He is deeply passionate about the intersection of music rights, royalty data, and financial empowerment for musicians big and small.
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