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Spotify AB is the Swedish operating subsidiary of Spotify Technology S.A., the Luxembourg-domiciled parent listed on the NYSE (ticker SPOT) since its April 2018 direct listing. The group was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon; operations are headquartered in Stockholm (Regeringsgatan 19), while the listed entity is legally domiciled in Luxembourg. It is independent and public, with roughly 7,300–7,700 employees (about 7,287 average full-time equivalents in 2025) and FY2025 revenue of approximately €17.2 billion (~$19.4 billion). Spotify posted its first full-year net profit in 2024 (€1.14 billion) after years of losses.
Operations. Spotify runs the world's largest audio-streaming service across 180-plus markets. Revenue is primarily from Premium subscriptions, with an ad-supported free tier contributing roughly 10–12%. Offerings include music streaming; podcasts (built partly through the Anchor, Gimlet, The Ringer and Megaphone acquisitions); audiobooks (Findaway); Spotify for Artists creator tools; and an advertising/Ad Studio business. Record labels and other rightsholders receive the majority of revenue as royalties.
Patent-litigation posture. Purely defensive. In the tracked data Spotify appears in 2 cases — both as defendant and none as plaintiff — the profile of an operating company being targeted rather than an asserter. Both suits were filed in the Eastern District of Texas, one in the Marshall Division before Judge Rodney Gilstrap, a venue historically associated with plaintiff-friendly patent dockets.
Notable cases. Both tracked matters are captioned Many Worlds 2T Innovations LLC v. Spotify Technology S.A. et al., filed 16–17 April 2026 in the EDTX. The plaintiff has no tracked product-side appearances in this dataset, a pattern consistent with a non-practicing entity; no funding source or portfolio detail for that plaintiff was verified here. The record shows no other patent suits involving Spotify or its affiliates, and no case in which Spotify asserted patents. Nothing here speaks to the merits of either suit.