SUAVE, an AI music hardware startup, raises a tens-of-millions-yuan seed round from HINA

AI music hardware company SUAVE has closed a seed round of tens of millions of yuan led by HINA, the RMB fund set up by HongShan Asia's China team, Leiphone reports. The funds will go mainly to software and hardware development for its mass-production models.

SUAVE's core product is an AI music host that attaches to guitar, keyboard, drum-machine, and wind-instrument accessories, with a guitar version priced under 5,000 yuan planned for early 2027.