The Echo Nest

The Echo Nest Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMusic
FounderTristan Jehan[1]
Brian Whitman[2]
Headquarters
Somerville, MA
,
United States
Key people
Tristan Jehan
(co-Founder & CTO)
Brian Whitman
(co-Founder & CTO)
Jim Lucchese
(CEO)[3]
ProductsMusic intelligence platform
ParentSpotify
Websitethe.echonest.com

The Echo Nest is a music intelligence and data platform[clarification needed] for developers and media companies. Owned by Spotify since 2014,[4] 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.[5] Its creators intended it to perform music identification, recommendation, playlist creation, audio fingerprinting, and analysis for consumers and developers.[6]

  1. ^ Tristan Jehan. "Tristan Jehan". MIT Media Lab.
  2. ^ Brian Whitman. "Brian Whitman". MIT Media Lab.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference echo_nest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Spotify (6 March 2014). "Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest". Spotify.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference fast_company was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ The Boston Globe (5 October 2010). "The Echo Nest secures $7m in financing". The Boston Globe.