Term Sheet Next: Jessica Powell on how AI unlocks the massive enterprise audio market

AudioShake is a startup with roots in a Tokyo karaoke bar. 

Jessica Powell vividly recalls singing with her friend, Luke Miner, as they kept asking: “Why are the karaoke songbooks so slim? Why don’t we have all the songs in the world? Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could just sing along to any song you wanted?”

That was in 2013. Powell and Miner wouldn’t co-found AudioShake—which specializes in audio separation and processing technology—until 2021. Powell came to startup founder life from a unique vantage point...