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# #BoycottSpotify say musicians after CEO EK invests $114M in AI warfare
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/boycottspotify-say-musicians-after-ceo-ek-invests-114m-in-ai-warfare/
- Published: 2021-11-30T16:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-30T16:24:15.000Z
- Description: Musicians and fans are calling for a boycott Spotify over CEO Daniel Ek’s $114M/€100M investment in AI defense tech company Helsing. Helsing uses artificial intelligence to build live battlefield maps. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/11/boycottspotify-say-musicians-after-ceo-e
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

Musicians and fans are calling for a boycott Spotify over CEO Daniel Ek’s $114M/€100M investment in AI defense tech company Helsing.

Helsing uses artificial intelligence to build live battlefield maps in what it calls an ‘ethical, responsible and transparent’ way.

Ek proudly announced new board seat and investment calling Helsing “ambitious, ethical, & driven by a mission to help build a thriving society.”

But responses to his tweet we overwhelmingly negative.

[RA ](https://ra.co/news/76439?ref=hypebot.com)found that 80% of the the Twitter response to Ek’s post and weren’t happy with the decision as wer 95% of the retweets.

# #BoycottSPOTIFY

Some in the music community see Ek’s investment as using the huge profits he made from music to enable future warfare, and using the hashtag #BoycottSpotify they are speaking out.

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*