And now in 2025, a company has spent over $200 million on Napster with the goal of using it in the totally-not-dead tech-bro-fantasy-land that is the metaverse. On March 25, as reported by CNBC ...

If you thought the Napster peer-to-peer music sharing platform was long since toast, a new $207 million deal says otherwise. Turns out the brand has been bought and will be reborn as a metaverse ...

TL;DR: Napster, initially a peer-to-peer file-sharing ... used to create virtual 3D spaces for music fans and artists - aka metaverse stuff. "When we think about clients who have audiences ...

Case in point: This month, Napster was sold for $207 million to a Metaverse company, Infinite Reality. On its website, Infinite Reality says it sells AI and XR services to companies and ...

This was confirmed by both parties in a joint announcement. Infinite Reality wants to transform Napster into a kind of music metaverse. In its announcement, Infinite Reality describes itself as ...

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 ...

Now, the brand has been bought by Metaverse company Infinite Reality for $207 million with plans to make it “a social and interactive music platform.” This is Napster’s third time changing ...

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, which made a name for itself first in music sharing and then in music streaming, has now been bought by a metaverse specialist that's seeking to turn it into a platform dedicated to ...