Spotify Signals AI Replaces Hands-On Coding

On its fourth-quarter earnings call, Spotify said its top engineers no longer write code and instead supervise AI systems, CEO Gustav Söderström said since December. The company credits its internal Honk AI platform and expanded features — Prompted Playlists, Page Match, About This Song — with enabling more than 50 product updates in 2025. The remarks illustrate a broader industry move toward automating software development workflows.