Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

Ex-Spotify engineers Sidd Motwani, Ian Anderson, and Shivaditya Sinha raised $10M to launch Malachyte, an e-commerce platform using real-time intent prediction AI inspired by Spotify's recommendation system. Malachyte's 'two-headed Vector AI' personalizes shopping by predicting customer intent and preferences dynamically within sessions, enhancing product recommendations without relying solely on past purchases or profiles.