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Higher-spin Vasiliev theories in three dimensions are known to be holographically dual to vector-like coset CFTs. There also exist coset CFTs which are matrix-like and can therefore be expected to have stringy duals. In this talk, I will introduce one such coset CFT and present its symmetry algebra.  Conventionally, string theories in three-dimensional AdS bulk are presumed to be dual to symmetric product orbifold CFTs. I will compare the symmetry algebra of the matrix-like coset CFT with that of the free-boson symmetric product orbifold theory.