NFT Music Startup Sound.xyz Raises $5M From A16z, 21 Savage

“The last thing that we want is people to be DMing us about how to get on Sound,” said Greenstein. “And we’re very much exploring how to figure out a more scalable way to onboard new artists that is completely permissionless from our end. As for why we haven’t done that already: one, we’re brand new, and two, we’re an insanely small team.”