Rithik Kundu is a researcher and producer specializing in music technology and creative AI, bridging music, technology, and people. He is the Co-Founder of NYU Generative Audio & AI, an interdisciplinary research group studying the translation between academic research and real-world music applications.

Rithik is currently conducting a research project titled “The Future of Music Production: Is AI Taking Over?,” a blind listener preference study between AI and human music advised by GRAMMY winner Mr. Sonic and NYU MARL faculty Mary Farbood. He is also co-author on “Building a Simple AI DAW Part 2: MCP and Agents,” a technical paper exploring creative AI with collaborators from Udio, Abbey Road Red, Masterchannel, Mozart AI, and others.

He has spoken on several industry panels about his work, including Music Frontiers (Music Tech Germany) and Mondo.NYC alongside executives from LANDR, Sony, Stability AI, Audioshake, Suno, and the AI Song Contest. As “RKY,” he has scored an award-winning film, a rom-com musical performed in April, collaborated with a major-label A&R, and produced a Tiny Desk Submission for a GrammyU-accepted band.