This unprecedented access to music not only attracted millions of users but also drew the ire of the music industry, leading to legal battles and Napster's eventual shutdown in 2001. However, the ...

If you thought the Napster peer-to-peer music sharing platform was long since toast, a new $207 million deal says otherwise. Turns out the brand has been bought and will be reborn as a metaverse-based ...

Since 2016, Napster has been operating as a (legal) streaming service. It claims to have over 110 million high-fidelity ...

As a music streaming service, Napster has lagged behind rivals like Spotify and Apple Music. According to Music Ally, Napster had around a million monthly active users at the end ...

And now in 2025, a company has spent over $200 million on Napster with the goal of using it in the totally-not-dead tech-bro-fantasy-land that is the metaverse. On March 25, as reported by CNBC ...

In a bold move that echoes the revolutionary spirit of its inception, Napster has been acquired for $207 million by Infinite Reality, a company poised to transform the music experience into immersive ...

This was confirmed by both parties in a joint announcement. Infinite Reality wants to transform Napster into a kind of music metaverse. In its announcement, Infinite Reality describes itself as ...

Since its file-sharing operation was shut down in 2001, Napster has been bought and reimagined several times. Harry McCracken ...

Artificial intelligence startup Infinite Reality has acquired the music-pirating app turned music streaming service Napster in a $207 million deal and plans to add a music-focused metaverse.

By Ethan Millman Napster, the brand that ushered in an era ... AI-powered customer service, and metaverse-like virtual spaces for fans to congregate for concerts or listening parties.

I thought Napster was fully dead. Is it profitable now? How did it even sell for $70 million once and presumably grow enough to be worth $200 million now? Or is it literally just a brand?