Charlie Puth Joins Moises as Chief Music Officer
Charlie Puth (source: Moises)
Another sign that the cultural tide around AI music is shifting.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth has joined Moises as the company’s first Chief Music Officer, bringing a chart-topping artist directly into the leadership structure of a major AI music platform.
Salt Lake City-based Moises is an AI music platform used by more than 70 million musicians worldwide, and is known for tools that isolate vocals and instruments, detect chords, and allow creators to experiment with arrangements. According to the official announcement, in his new role, Puth will help guide the company’s product and creative direction, ensuring that new AI features reflect how working musicians actually write, learn, and produce music.
To launch the partnership, Moises and Puth are also opening a global remix challenge tied to his new single “Beat Yourself Up.” Through the Moises app, participants can access the song’s individual stems and create remixes or covers. Puth will personally select winners, with over $100,000 in prizes and a backstage meet-and-greet at his Madison Square Garden show.
Puth framed the partnership in musician-first terms, emphasizing that AI should support the creative process rather than replace it.
“AI, when done right, isn’t here to replace musicians. It’s here to help artists learn, explore, and bring their ideas to life,” he said.
In his view, tools like Moises reduce technical barriers, allowing artists to isolate vocals, study techniques, or test arrangements without expensive studio setups.
But Puth’s move also fits into a larger cultural trend unfolding across the AI music landscape.
More established artists are stepping directly into the development and governance of AI music tools. Imogen Heap has long been one of the most prominent artist advocates for music technology and creator-centric infrastructure, going so far as to create an AI version of herself and integrating her musical style into the Jen AI music tool. Timbaland has publicly experimented with generative tools and has launched an AI artist, TaTa Taktumi. Songwriter Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra has launched an AI music tool that allows users to co-write with established songwriters’ creative DNA, while The Chainsmokers have invested in AI music startups and championed Producer.ai.
These moves suggest the conversation around AI music is moving beyond pure technology debates and into something more structural: who actually helps shape the tools musicians will use.
For companies like Moises, bringing artists into leadership roles may be one way to answer that question.
And with Puth now sitting inside the product conversation, it’s another signal that the AI music ecosystem is entering a phase where artists themselves are helping design the future of the studio.
