Harmix was a profitable music startup, before AI tools tempted them to build something new
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Madison McLauchlan
April 13, 2026
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Harmix was a profitable music startup, before AI tools tempted them to build something new
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Madison McLauchlan
April 13, 2026
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Harmix co-founder and CEO Nazar Ponochevnyi.
Startup raises $1 million to solve software fragmentation for SMBs.
Toronto-based
Harmix Group
got its start building an algorithmic search engine for the music industry. Along the way, the team was enamoured by another technical problem: fixing data fragmentation for small businesses using AI.
Harmix was an early entrant to the field of multimodal AI, or applying machine learning principles to different media. Founded in 2018, the company patented technology to let users search for images, video, and music using natural-language descriptions.
“When you have a large library of sometimes millions of compositions, there is no way you would have the time to scroll and to listen to all the previews,” co-founder Nick Shcherban said in an interview. Harmix’s search engine allows users to find the clip they’re looking for just by describing its vibe or uploading a reference file.
“We started developing agents internally to help us, because we had a small team.”
Nazar Ponochevnyi
Harmix Group
That proved particularly useful for music and television producers. The Harmix API has licensed its tech to media brands
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