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Spotify is formalizing efforts around its enterprise and developer tools business with Thursday\u2019s launch of technology.spotify.com, a new site that will make its internal tech available to outsiders.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s foray into this space is not exactly new. As Spotify points out in its announcement of the new site, it\u2019s been offering different products to the wider tech community since 2020 when it open sourced Backstage<\/a>, a platform and framework for building customizable developer portals.<\/p>\n It has also been selling its enterprise-focused software experimentation platform Confidence<\/a> since 2023 and its enterprise software development platform Portal<\/a> since 2024. Earlier this year, it began selling its developer tool for managing AI coding agents, Xirp<\/a>.<\/p>\n While many technology companies build their own internal systems to help their developers work more efficiently, it\u2019s somewhat unusual to see a company like Spotify sell those tools to other businesses. <\/p>\n Spotify\u2019s SVP of Technology & Platform, Tyson Singer, acknowledged that the company\u2019s move into this space has raised questions.<\/p>\n \u201cI get asked a version of this question every day: why is Spotify in the business of selling software?,\u201d he wrote in a post<\/a> on Spotify\u2019s engineering site. \u201cThe truth is, the Spotify you know and love is more than a great streaming service. Behind our consumer app are hundreds of cross-functional squads shipping products and code day in, day out,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n The new technology website will house the solutions Spotify has built to serve its own audience of 777 million monthly active users, including both open source and paid services. <\/p>\n Though AI has made building such software faster, Spotify points out that this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it\u2019s simpler \u2014 \u201cthe complexity, the cost and the operational surface area all grow with it,\u201d Singer wrote. The company\u2019s bet is that, despite AI\u2019s advances, software development teams will still require certain core services, like those Spotify sells, which it says will be agent-ready.<\/p>\n So far, it\u2019s unclear how much revenue Spotify\u2019s enterprise sales are generating, as the company hasn\u2019t disclosed those figures in its financial reporting. That could potentially change as Spotify makes a more concerted push into the enterprise market, turning what was once a side business into a more formal operation.<\/p>\n The technology website doesn\u2019t include pricing; instead, companies can fill out a form to contact sales and discuss their needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n