KKBOX

KKBOX is a music and podcast streaming service with a library of over 100 million tracks. Its AI-driven personalized recommendations are aimed at listeners, mainly in Asia-Pacific. It earns revenue from premium subscriptions (individual, family and student plans), ad-supported free tiers, and fan-platform memberships such as FANKLUB, launched in 2025. It was founded in 2004 and is majority-owned by Japan's KDDI. Its parent is KKCompany Technologies, and its last disclosed funding was a private equity round in 2014. Its headcount was about 186 in mid-2026.