# MusicArena

[MusicArena on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/musicarena)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://musicarena.io/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/musicarena)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/trycatapult)
- [X](https://x.com/PlayCatapult)

## About

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## YC company profile

The crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated music and music production

https://musicarena.io/

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** -1
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Music, Crowdsourcing, AI
- **YC partner:** Jared Friedman

## Founders

### Kevin Yao — Founder/CEO

Co-Founder at Catapult (YC S26). UCLA dropout. Previously ML and robotics research at Berkeley & UCLA. CoRL 2026, AIME, USNCO National Qualifier, Science Olympiad medalist.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinyao05/) · [X](https://x.com/truekyt)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/musicarena) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Clark Peng](https://hacklab.so/clark-peng) — Founder (Present)
- [Kevin Yao](https://hacklab.so/kevin-yao) — Founder/CEO (Present)