Spotify's AI Just Replaced Their Entire Coding Team?
From AI Ready Podcast with Harrison Painter by Harrison Painter
February 16, 2026 · 14 min · Episode 86
About this episode
The episode discusses Spotify's co-CEO's revelation about their developers using AI to code.
Spotify’s co-CEO Gustav Soderstrom dropped a bombshell during their Q4 2025 earnings call: "Some of our best developers, some of our most senior engineers have not written a single line of code since December. They just prompt." Crazy, right? Check out today's AI for Everyone Daily Brief to learn more. Enjoy! Harrison Painter
People in this episode
Host: Harrison Painter
Topics covered
- AI
- technology
- coding
- Spotify
Keywords
- Spotify
- AI coding
- Gustav Soderstrom
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Spotify
Books & works: AI for Everyone
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