The live music business generates billions, yet much of its back-office operation still depends on spreadsheets, inboxes and disconnected systems. Amsterdam-based ABOSS wants to replace that fragmentation with a shared operating platform for agencies, artists, managers and touring crews.
The company says roughly $1 billion in deal value will move through its platform this year. However, artist-owned records reportedly account for just 4% of that activity, exposing a wider industry gap around access to and control of touring data.
One Record Across the Touring Business
ABOSS connects two environments built around the same operational record. Its Agency Platform manages deals, contracts, finances, planning and pre-production, while Artist Pro gives artists and their teams access to the relevant information.
The aim is to establish a single source of truth without removing the agency from the process. Rather than leaving schedules, agreements and financial details scattered across inboxes, teams can work from structured data that remains accessible to the artist.
After all those years, deals are still made on relationships, and they’re still being executed in chaos. If your data lives in inboxes and spreadsheets, you’re leaving margins on the table. – ABOSS founder Arvid Silos
Taking Touring Data on the Road
A mobile app extends the platform to touring teams, providing offline access to schedules, travel details, operational information and summaries.
ABOSS also exposes records through an open API, allowing other platforms to develop specialist workflows and integrations around its data infrastructure.
One example is SAPPS AI, an intelligence layer developing AI-native micro-applications for live music businesses. Its tools can connect with systems such as ABOSS and use structured, current and securely managed operational data.
That distinction matters as the industry explores AI. Useful automation depends less on hype than on the quality, ownership and context of the information feeding it.
For live music, the bigger shift may therefore begin behind the scenes. Moving operations away from fragmented spreadsheets could give artists and their teams clearer oversight of touring activity while creating stronger foundations for automation, financial tracking and future AI tools.