Zya (Acquired By Google)

Zya is changing the way the world interacts with music. A leader in musical artificial intelligence, Zya has combined music with messaging to create a personalized music, video and messaging platform called Ditty. Since launching a year ago, Ditty is a breakthrough success -- the app is a #1 music app in 25 countries and Top 10 in 124 countries, with over 8 million users and 120 million dittys made. Zya’s proprietary music engine and voice technology has been awarded 40 multi-national patents. Based in Los Angeles, California, the Zya team is lead by Matt Serletic, a Grammy-award-winning record producer, songwriter and former Chairman and CEO of Virgin Records.