NVIDIA's venture arm asks court to block UMG and Sony's demand for testimony in Suno lawsuit

What happened

On 10 November 2026, NVIDIA's venture capital arm NVentures asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to quash a subpoena from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment seeking corporate testimony in their copyright lawsuit against Suno. NVIDIA Corporation filed its own motion the same day to quash a separate deposition subpoena from the labels; the same law firm represents both.

NVentures, which invested in Suno's Series C round in November 2025, says it has already produced 6,324 documents running to 28,194 pages, and argues it played no part in how Suno obtained or used the recordings at issue. It holds no board, observer or advisory position with Suno, and says its only role was as a minority investor in a financing that closed more than a year after the underlying action began.

The labels' subpoena, dated 17 August, originally demanded testimony on 13 topics; after negotiations, 10 remain in dispute, covering NVentures' dealings with Suno before investing, its reasons for joining the Series C, its knowledge of Suno's training data, its due diligence, and its internal analyses of Suno's licensing costs, growth and market effect. The labels' responses to both motions are due 24 November.

This parallels the labels' similar dispute with Lightspeed Venture Partners, which led Suno's Series B and also moved to quash; unlike NVentures, Lightspeed holds a Suno board seat. UMG and Sony argue investor files bear on Suno's fair use defence and on wilfulness, which affects damages.