3 min learnNew DelhiFeb 13, 2026 06:33 PM IST
Spotify rolled out a number of new options within the final couple of months, however the firm just lately revealed that its finest builders “haven’t written a single line of code since December.”
The assertion was made by none aside from Spotify CEO Gustav Soderstrom, who elaborated on how the corporate is utilizing AI instruments to speed up improvement.
Soderstorm say that they’re now utilizing an inside AI device referred to as Honk to write down the code, which is then reviewed by people.
Throughout its fourth earnings name, the Spotify CEO mentioned that its inside system is constructed utilizing Claude Code and built-in with its Slack-based “ChatOps” to automate the method.
Honk AI not solely writes code, but additionally helps repair bugs, add new characteristic and might even deploy code in actual time. This implies builders at Spotify now not write code however instruct AI on easy methods to do the duty and easily approve or reject the output.
“As a concrete instance, an engineer at Spotify on their morning commute from Slack on their cellular phone can inform Claude to repair a bug or add a brand new characteristic to the iOS app. And as soon as Claude finishes that work, the engineer then will get a brand new model of the app pushed to them on Slack on their cellphone, in order that they’ll merge it to manufacturing – all earlier than they even arrive on the workplace,” explains Gustav.
Spotify says its Honk AI system has vastly helped builders pace up coding and deployment.
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“We foresee this not being the tip of the road when it comes to AI improvement, only the start,” Gustav added.
Soderstrom went on to say that Spotify presently has the “expertise and capabilities prepared” for artists to generate spinoff work like remixes, utilizing AI and requested music labels to strike licensing agreements.
Whereas AI is doing a lot of the exhausting work, Spotify has clarified that engineers nonetheless have a task within the firm. As an alternative of writing repetitive items of code, builders at the moment are reviewing AI-generated code and focusing extra on structure and product selections.
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