📢 [03/19] An update from Nick Williams, CEO of Native Instruments
Uh oh… 😐
According to an article by Create Digital Music (CDM), Native Instruments is currently undergoing preliminary insolvency proceedings:
To access and read insolvency documents:
*Native Instruments*
💡 What this means
❌ What this doesn't mean
(Snippets taken from Production Expert)
Articles / Timeline of events
Date
News
12-04-2025
The European Commission clears acquisition of Native Instruments Group by Bridgepoint and Bain Capital Credit(Unconfirmed: Deal apparently fell through and the insolvency is the result of that.)
01-27-2026
Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency | CDM
01-28-2026
Plugin Alliance says it is "business as usual" | CDM
01-29-2026
Statement from Nick Williams, CEO of Native Instruments
(Also available on ni-japan.jp)
03-19-2026
An update from Nick Williams, CEO of Native Instruments
I will continuously update this post as we learn more.
As per Jeremy_NI's post:
Any further updates will be shared through our official channels when appropriate.
See here
Native Instruments in Insolvency: How It Affects Users
In spanish :)
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I've just seen a post from deadmau5 on Threads. He's wondering if he should buy Traktor. 😃
Yes , thank you I did notice that , I were referring to the graphic.
Anyway , with your help and browser translation then I cooked up this English translation :
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Kontakt is way too big of a product for NI to just vanish… right? Well, things have moved so slowly the past years that maybe this is a good thing? Someone buys it all and makes better decisions? Or worse… :S
Something is going to happen - that's for sure. What that is - remains to be seen.
Do you mean patched versions of protected Kontakt libraries to remove the protection?
I guess so. Still digesting this info, it's a lot to take in
Yes. Patched everything not just Kontakt. Technically this already exists but since this is a company forum we cant really discuss these things…
I think Image Line should by Ni.
NI should offer B share investment opportunities to bring in captial from its customers. I'd invest, because the company and products are too important to not just the music insdustry, but movies, video games, television etc.
That would be a pretty small vision for the future..
The speed of development at NI has been very disappointing.. and some of the direction is short-sighted too.
They already own UVI so would mean having both Kontakt and Falcon on their books. Unless they dump one and port the others sample libraries across to the other sample host/instrument.
what is the process for downloading without Native Access?
NI should move their software products to subscription - that is the only real business model that works. Having ‘upgrade prices’ and then people expect their 10 year old version they haven’t upgraded to work… no dice.
And the idea that a company will be able to keep working a long time on a product you purchase a single time years ago for no revenue is also not doable. Professionals and serious users will subscribe. Fiddlers who try to get everything for a few bucks used and ride it out will lose out but they aren’t really part of any business model that works so no harm done.
Yeah like D-One said, we all support NI and developers via purchasing their software however there are always those that cant or just wont and if it was all crippled purely just due to DRM activations if no one was here to help[ i'd certainly use a community bypass tool for the software I purchased.
