Smule /

Smule is an American mobile app developer with offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing social music-making applications for iOS, Android (operating system), and Amazon.com Kindle Fire. The company was founded in 2008 by Jeff Smith and Stanford assistant professor Dr. Ge Wang. Wang commented that the goal of the apps was to draw users in and "by the time they realize they’re making music, “it’s too late — they’re already having fun.” In December 2011 Smule acquired fellow music app developer Khush.