Mar 17, 2026
Cold-Starting Podcast Ads with Multi-Task Learning
Podcasts are one of Spotify’s fastest-growing content verticals, with over 750 million users discovering...
Nov 27, 2025
Transforming AI Research into Personalized Listening: Spotify at NeurIPS 2025
Spotify is proud to sponsor NeurIPS 2025...
Nov 25, 2025
Teaching Large Language Models to Speak Spotify: How Semantic IDs Enable Personalization
Spotify’s mission is to connect every listener with the right audio and help every creator be discovered...
Nov 18, 2025
Spillover Detection for Donor Selection in Synthetic Control Models
There are many situations at Spotify where A/B tests can’t be performed...
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Shivam Verma, Hannes Karlbom, Yu Zhao, Nick Topping, Vivian Chen, Kieran Stanley, Bharath Rengarajan
Spillover Detection for Donor Selection in Synthetic Control Models
Michael O'Riordan, Ciarán Gilligan-Lee
Learning Optimal Personalised Reservation Prices in Impression Ad Auctions with Mixture Density Networks
Dmitrii Moor, Emma Zetterdahl, Paul van Vliet, Zhenwen Dai, Mounia Lalmas
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