Technical Co-founder — Fullstack, AI & Audio Algorithms
Own our multimodal recommendation engine, audio intelligence pipelines, and end-to-end fullstack platform in React, Next.js, Express, and Python.
1. Our Mission
Today's music and live event industries are broken into disconnected silos. Streaming giants reduce music to passive background noise while paying creators fractions of a cent. Digital music stores take up to 30% in commission. Meanwhile, ticketing monopolies charge venues and fans heavy fees without doing anything to help independent promoters fill their rooms.
Our mission with Solpace is to tear down the walls between digital listening and the physical dancefloor — so fans discover music and events that genuinely move them, artists keep what they earn, and independent clubs and organisers can thrive sustainably.
2. How We Do It (The Value We Create)
Instead of forcing scenes to piece together separate apps for streaming, ticketing, and marketing, we are building a unified ecosystem where data and revenue work for the culture:
For Artists & Labels
100% revenue & smarter touring0% platform commission on digital music, vinyl, and merch, with automated multi-party revenue sharing (Smart Splits) executed instantly at checkout. We also map listener density geographically, helping artists plan tour routes and pitch directly to compatible venues and promoters.
For Venues & Organisers
Pack the room with lower riskData-driven booking (Yield Forecasting) that predicts ticket demand in a specific city based on local listener density and competing events. Combined with an automated ad and affiliate engine, built-in AI CRM/newsletters, and end-to-end event operations (scalper-proof rotating QR tickets, offline door scanning, live guestlists, cashless bar POS, and compliance support for private club nights).
For Fans
Authentic discovery & fair eventsA recommendation engine that matches music and local events based on how tracks actually sound and feel, an interactive nightlife map (Atlas), DJ sets where fans can buy individual tracks directly from the mix, and a fair face-value ticket waitlist resale market.
3. Why Join Now & What You Will Co-Own
You are not stepping into a vague idea on a napkin. The product vision and system architecture are deeply thought out, our public site with interactive product demos and waitlist is live at solpace.org, and the core platform is under active development in a clean monorepo.
At the same time, we are at the ideal pre-launch stage where you have full technical mandate to shape the engineering culture, the models, and the core product as we gear up for KTH Innovation and SSE Business Lab.
Core Tech Stack & Playground
React, Next.js 14, and TypeScript (MapLibre GL, HLS audio/video streaming, Web Crypto).
Node.js, Express, TypeScript, PostgreSQL (pgvector), Redis, and MeiliSearch.
Python and GPU pipelines for audio feature extraction, semantic audio embeddings (CLAP/OpenL3), multimodal recommendations, and predictive B2B models.
What You Will Co-Own
Core Platform Engineering
Building and connecting end-to-end flows in React, Next.js, and Express — from ticketing, Smart Splits, and offline scanners to the audio player, Atlas map, and creator dashboards.
AI, RecSys & Audio Intelligence
Developing our Python audio pipelines, taste-vector matching, recommendation models, and predictive booking algorithms.
Architecture & Security
Making foundational technical decisions around database schemas, real-time state, cryptographic ticketing, and scalable cloud infrastructure ahead of beta launch.
Who You Are
- Studying or recently graduated from KTH (e.g., Computer Science / Datateknik, Machine Learning, Engineering Physics / Teknisk Fysik, or Industrial Engineering & Management / IndEk) — or an exceptional self-taught builder.
- Strong in either modern fullstack web development (React, Next.js, Express/TypeScript) or Python, Machine Learning, and algorithmic modeling — and excited to work across the stack.
- Driven by building real, user-facing features rather than isolated academic exercises.
- Passionate about electronic music, club culture, DJing, audio engineering, or live events.
- Looking for a true co-founder role with shared leadership and significant equity ownership.