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The Echo Nest

Logo: The Echo Nest, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Music intelligence and data platform company

The Echo Nest is a music intelligence and data platform for developers and media companies. Owned by Spotify since 2014, the company is based in Somerville, MA. The Echo Nest began as a research spin-off from the MIT Media Lab to understand the audio and textual content of recorded music.2 It is part of Spotify Technology.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1

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The Echo Nest is a music intelligence and data platform for developers and media companies. Owned by Spotify since 2014, the company is based in Somerville, MA. The Echo Nest began as a research spin-off from the MIT Media Lab to understand the audio and textual content of recorded music.2

Corporate structure

The Echo Nest is part of a group headed by Spotify Technology. 9 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Spotify Technology Stockholm, Sweden
    • The Echo Nest Somerville
    • Gimlet Media Subsidiary · Brooklyn
    • Cutler Media LLC Subsidiary
    • Spotify AB Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
      • SPOTIFY USA INC. Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • Spotify for Creators Subsidiary
    • SPOTIFY INDIA LLP Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • WhoSampled Subsidiary

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2005Founded Founded1

Sources

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