The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming ... Thousands of users report ...

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.

Napster is back? If you're confused, you're not alone. Internet users expressed disbelief that the brand still existed — let alone had sold for $207 million. "Napster? Is it 1999?" The news on ...

Napster, formerly a peer-to-peer file-sharing application founded in 1999, has been sold to Infinite Reality, a digital media and e-commerce company, for $207 million. Infinite Reality announced ...

"I think there's no better name than Napster to disrupt," Infinite Reality CEO John Acunto told CNBC. Virtual concerts have already been happening in the metaverse through apps like Meta's AmazeVR ...

FILE- In this Aug. 2, 2006 file photo, promotional Napster stickers are seen at the Napster studio in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)(Damian Dovarganes / AP) NEW YORK — A brand ...

After all these years, Napster is apparently worth $207 million. That’s how much artificial intelligence and extended reality company Infinite Reality purchased the former file-sharing service ...

Yes, Napster is still alive and kicking. The peer-to-peer file-sharing company that became synonymous with music piracy in the early 2000s was bought by a company called Infinite Reality Labs last ...

By Ethan Millman Napster, the brand that ushered in an era of rampant music piracy before later being reborn as a subscription music streaming platform, has been sold for $207 million. Tech ...

That year, the virtual reality concert app MelodyVR bought Napster for $70 million. Hivemind Capital Partners and cryptocurrency company Algorand became the streamer’s new owners in 2022.

Digital music OG Napster is now owned by immersive technology company Infinite Reality, which announced a deal Tuesday to acquire the music streamer for $207 million. Infinite Reality plans to ...

Does Napster still exist after its 2001 falling out? Yes, and the company — which was re-branded to a music streaming service — was bought in 2025 for millions of dollars. The huge pay day for ...