# UnitedMasters

> UnitedMasters is an independent music distribution platform founded by Steve Stoute in 2017, backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Apple. Artists distribute music to 150+ streaming services while keeping full ownership of their master recordings, with real-time royalty payouts, Blueprint AI artist-development tools, analytics, and brand/sync licensing partnerships (NBA, ESPN, TikTok, and others). UnitedMasters does not currently publish a public developer API, SDKs, or API documentation.

## Company

- [UnitedMasters](https://unitedmasters.com/): Digital music distribution for independent artists
- [About](https://unitedmasters.com/about): Company overview
- [News / Blog](https://news.unitedmasters.com/): UnitedMasters news
- [For Labels](https://labels.unitedmasters.com/): Label services
- [Brand & Sync](https://unitedmasters.com/en/brands/sync): Sync licensing for brands

## Support

- [Help Center](https://support.unitedmasters.com/): Support and FAQs
- [Terms of Service](https://unitedmasters.com/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://unitedmasters.com/privacy)

## Engineering

- [GitHub (tommyboytech)](https://github.com/tommyboytech): UnitedMasters engineering GitHub organization (public repos are upstream forks; no first-party SDKs)
- [security.txt](https://unitedmasters.com/.well-known/security.txt): Security contact (security@unitedmasters.com)