Gustav Söderström

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my guest today is gustav soderstrom gustav is the co-president chief product officer and chief technology officer at spotify gustav lets us behind the scenes on how spotify thinks about the future of audio and video and what leadership lessons he's learned from making mistakes and taking risks in a rapidly changing technology landscape he shares fascinating insights on their synchronized team structure and how they position themselves as the r d department for the entire music industry

my guest today is gustav soderstrom gustav is the co-president chief product officer and chief technology officer at spotify gustav lets us behind the scenes on how spotify thinks about the future of audio and video and what leadership lessons he's learned from making mistakes and taking risks in a rapidly changing technology landscape he shares fascinating insights on their synchronized team structure and how they position themselves as the r d department for the entire music industry

We discussed their integration of AI, their unique bets board process for allocating resources, and how they've evolved from a music service into a multimedia platform with over 650 million users. Please enjoy my great conversation with Gustav Soderstrom. Maybe a fun place to begin is the obvious place. Everyone is facing this giant shift in technology.

We discussed their integration of AI, their unique bets board process for allocating resources, and how they've evolved from a music service into a multimedia platform with over 650 million users. Please enjoy my great conversation with Gustav Soderstrom. Maybe a fun place to begin is the obvious place. Everyone is facing this giant shift in technology.

My friend Ravi Gupta calls this imperative AI or die. That companies, even the big, sexy, established technology companies, need to find ways to embrace and use this new technology as it unfolds or face elimination. I would love to hear how you and Spotify are thinking about this challenge.

My friend Ravi Gupta calls this imperative AI or die. That companies, even the big, sexy, established technology companies, need to find ways to embrace and use this new technology as it unfolds or face elimination. I would love to hear how you and Spotify are thinking about this challenge.

I know you've embraced it very quickly and you were very early to using machine learning and data science all over the product. But this is a big shift and you and Daniel and the team are some of the most thoughtful people about addressing shifts like this, and you've done it before.

I know you've embraced it very quickly and you were very early to using machine learning and data science all over the product. But this is a big shift and you and Daniel and the team are some of the most thoughtful people about addressing shifts like this, and you've done it before.

Walk us through in some detail how you first felt it, what you did about it, what it's like to be at a big company and process something like this.

Walk us through in some detail how you first felt it, what you did about it, what it's like to be at a big company and process something like this.

Yeah, it's a great question. I think it's the right description, at least in the longer term, I think it is AI or die. Just like it was smartphone or die, and before that, internet or die, computer or die. This is one of those shifts that it's not your choice whether you adopt it or not, it's going to happen to you. It's the epitome of a macro wind.

Yeah, it's a great question. I think it's the right description, at least in the longer term, I think it is AI or die. Just like it was smartphone or die, and before that, internet or die, computer or die. This is one of those shifts that it's not your choice whether you adopt it or not, it's going to happen to you. It's the epitome of a macro wind.