Episode 43 - Gustav Söderström, Chief R&D Officer, Spotify

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Gustav Söderström, Chief R&D Officer, Spotify, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed how music piracy inspired Spotify’s initial insights, how Spotify develops products for home, mobile, and auto, how users’ music listening and sharing habits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, why live audio apps are finally having a moment, and how Spotify became the research and development arm for the entire music industry.