The Echo Nest, a “music intelligence” firm founded by MIT Media Lab alums, on Thursday announced a deal with Dada Entertainment’s Play.me service, which will allow music applications using Echo Nest’s technology to utilize Play.me’s music catalog and avoid having to secure separate licensing deals.

Developers may write music applications using Echo Nest’s APIs, and include streaming content from the millions of songs in Play.me’s library — which features a weekly five-hour limit.