10: In pursuit of the perfect session - a DJ just for you
We’re back! And today we dig into Spotify’s AI DJ. Since its inception, radio provided a music format that was convenient and simple, but far from personal. Spotify’s solution? AI DJ, a bespoke experi...
21 Feb 202455min
Explained: The conspiracy to make AI seem harder than it is! by Gustav Söderström
2023 may be a year that people still speak about 100 years from now, the year computers passed the Turing test! You know what these things can do, but do you actually understand how they can do it? Ho...
31 Jul 20231h 30min
08: When to build vs buy - and when to open source
This is the story of Backstage -- a “platform of platforms”, built by Spotify and open to anyone as open source software. Tune in to hear insights about when to build vs buy - and when to open source ...
28 Apr 202134min
07: Spotify’s podcast bet
How do you go “from zero to one”? In this episode, you’ll learn how Spotify managed to enter a market late: a market that was already dominated by a single player - our biggest competitor in music. Th...
21 Apr 202146min
06: Hardware is hard
In this episode you’ll learn about Spotify’s journey into the painful complicated world of hardware. You’ll hear how we worked our way down to the very bottom of the stack in our quest to create the “...
14 Apr 202138min
05: When your winning bet becomes your losing bet
This episode is especially geared towards CEOs/CTOs that have to "kill their darlings" and make hard choices. Listen to Google employee number 8 - and SVP of infrastructure at Google - Urs Hölzle, as ...
7 Apr 202147min
04: Human vs Machine
Will AI truly replace us humans when it comes to music? Listen to machine learning (ML) legend Andrew Ng and Spotify insiders on what it really means to develop products in an AI/ML first world, how w...
31 Mar 202148min
