Spotify acquires Niland, a machine learning and AI startup - SlashGear

Spotify has announced the acquisition of Niland, a machine learning startup based out of Paris. The music company made the announcement itself this week, explaining that Niland shares its'passion for surfacing the right content to the right user at the right time.' Spotify plans to use the company's technology and know-how to improves its own recommendation abilities, doing so with the power of artificial intelligence behind it. Spotify announced the acquisition on Wednesday, saying that the Niland team will be joining the music company's own team in its New York office. The terms of the deal weren't revealed, such as how much Spotify paid for the company or when the deal was finalized. We do know, however, that personalized recommendations on Spotify are about to get much better than to the startup's work in machine learning and artificial intelligence.