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On October 22, 2026, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström said that Spotify will thrive in the agent era, with the goal of becoming the media service users invoke through any AI agent. According to a TechCrunch AI report the same day, Spotify's third-quarter monthly active users reached 788 million and revenue was nearly 5 billion euros; Spotify has integrated Meta's Muse assistant and integrated ChatGPT and Claude, and does not send users' listening data to partners, with Spotify's own systems handling agent requests. Söderström gave examples: users can have Spotify look back over their listening history since 2008, sort by key and BPM, and generate a running playlist. Currently there are no subsequent developments regarding this statement.
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Spotify's AI bet: becoming the music service of choice for AI agents
Spotify reached 788 million monthly active users and nearly €5 billion in revenue in the third quarter. Co-CEO Gustav Söderström said Spotify is one of the few categories that can benefit in the agent era, with the goal of becoming the media service users invoke through any AI agent. Spotify has already integrated Meta's Muse assistant and connected with ChatGPT and Claude, and it does not send users' listening data to partners; agent requests are handled by Spotify's own systems. Söderström gave the example that users can ask Spotify to look back over their listening history since 2008, sort by key and BPM, and generate a running playlist.