Gong, a former principal at Menlo Ventures, an investor in AI music company Suno. Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson granted the request on October 26 and allowed the labels to serve a subpoena and take the deposition within 30 days.
The labels sought testimony about a deleted social-media post in which Gong wrote that she had shifted most of her listening from Spotify to Suno. Their October 23 motion argued that the post could bear on the fourth fair-use factor: the alleged effect of Suno on the market for the labels' copyrighted recordings.
Menlo Ventures led Suno's $250 million Series C round in November 2025, at a reported $2.45 billion valuation. Suno did not oppose the motion, while stating that it took no position on the subpoena's propriety and would not limit objections from Gong or Menlo.
The order is a discovery ruling, not a finding that Suno infringed copyrights, that its training or output harmed the music market, or that Gong's post proves either claim. Source: Music Business Worldwide.