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Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström lays out the company's AI-agent thesis: as AI agents increasingly mediate what users listen to, Spotify is positioning to be the music service those agents select by default.
Microsoft won a DoD cloud contract potentially worth up to $10B, followed by a wave of funding rounds across biotech, quantum, fintech and media, plus regulatory and exit notes including AB5 debates and Barneys’ sale.
EU AI Act mandates transparency for AI interactions and AI-generated content starting Aug 2, with steep fines and broad coverage across developers and users.
Snapchat launches Now Playing to share listening in real time via Snap Map, starting with Spotify, with privacy controls and a 24-hour sharing window; rollout limited to regions where Spotify and Snapchat are available (Canada coming soon) and leverages Snap Map’s 450M monthly users.
Recurring payments are a large, rising share of banking activity, but most banks lack transaction-level visibility, prompting regulatory focus and data-enrichment needs to reduce disputes and retain card-based relationships.
Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to free-tier users; previously, the feature was limited to paid subscribers.
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