Pre-seed · Raising

A music company
built with purpose

A Delaware PBC pursuing B-Corp certification.
And a perpetual purpose trust for mission lock from day one.
Being fair isn't hard technically, it's just something the incumbents are unwilling to do.

Our mission

DAPS builds a fairer and richer music ecosystem to reward creators and bring fans closer to the artists they love.

Our vision

A music economy that maximizes revenue to rights-holders and where fandom and artistry thrive.

Our values

Built so it can't sell out

A perpetual purpose trust controls the mission from day one. Every other streamer can be sold to someone who changes the deal. DAPS can't.

Artist equity

Fair compensation and real ownership. 4–6x better streaming payouts, plus integrated e-commerce so selling is as easy as streaming.

Fan agency

Listeners as active participants, not passive consumers. Build, customize, and shape the experience around the music you love.

Radical transparency

Verifiable by design. Transparent economics, community-auditable code, and open governance — so the money follows the music.

Team

Led by conviction

Armand Perry

Founder and CEO

Human rights attorney and former public defender. DAPS blends lifelong fandom with a career spent advocating for individuals caught in systems that are supposed to serve them, but don't. Music has the same problem.

Ravi Gadad

Co-Founder and CTO

Staff engineer, technical architect, and domain-driven design lead with 20+ years building mission-driven systems. A full-time musician before he was an engineer.

Advisory Board

Advised by leaders in VR/AR, enterprise databases, and institutional finance.

Experience building and scaling products at companies acquired by Google, valued at over $1BB, and managing investments for the world's most prominent philanthropists. DAPS is guided by advice you can trust.

Pre-seed · Actively Raising

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DAPS is pre-seed and actively meeting investors.

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Artists create. Fans connect. Music thrives.

A music company built with purpose