Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate Mondo's Tenth Anniversary!
Mondo.NYC Speaker
Eric Elizalde-Knapp
Music Publishing Partnerships, YouTube
Eric Elizalde-Knapp works in Music Publishing Business Development and Partnerships for YouTube Music. He focuses on engaging the publishing and songwriting communities, cultivating partnerships with music publishers and rights holders, and enhancing the YouTube product for music partners through new technologies and product offerings.
Eric also works on direct songwriter and producer initiatives at YouTube, leading dozens of workshops with hundreds of writers globally to empower attendees to maximize their platform engagement.
Eric joined YouTube following Google/YouTube's acquisition of the music-tech startup RightsFlow in 2011. In his free time, he co-founded the nonprofit animal rescue organization Animal Lighthouse Rescue and serves on its board of directors.
Mondo 2025 Panels
Boring Is Back: The Rise of Infrastructure, AI, and the Tech Behind the Music Business
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00 PM
In the music industry, it’s not the flashy front-end tools making the biggest impact — it’s the foundational tech behind the scenes. From rights infrastructure to royalty automation, from metadata cleanup to AI-powered catalog valuation, the "boring" parts of the business are where the real innovation (and revenue) is happening.
This panel will explore how AI, automation, and scalable data systems are transforming how music is monetized, tracked, and valued across borders. We’ll look at how these technologies are enabling global scale, improving transparency, and opening new doors for creators, publishers, and investors alike.
Key Panel Subject Matter:
AI and automation in royalty matching and rights management
Fixing metadata to unlock global monetization
Catalog valuation and investment strategies using tech
Building interoperable systems across global platforms and territories
Why infrastructure is now a strategic advantage in music