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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

The CEO of the largest single investor in the world, Norges Bank Investment Management, interviews leaders of some of the largest companies in the world. You will get to know the leader, their strategy, leadership principles, and much more. Hosted on Acast.

Podcast · By Norges Bank Investment Management · English · NO · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
23
Latest publication
Sep 30, 2026
Audience
Apple #97 · US
Earliest in this view
Jul 8, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 30, 2026

    Horizon Robotics CEO: Car Chips, Mind-Off Driving and China's Speed (opens the original)

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    Horizon Robotics CEO: Car Chips, Mind-Off Driving and China's Speed Who makes the brain inside a self-driving car? Nicolai Tangen sits down with Dr. Kai Yu, founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics, the company supplying the chips and software behind one in three intelligent cars on Chinese roads. They discuss why he never wanted to build a car of his own, the competition in a market that launched 580 new models in six months, and the road to hands-off driving by 2028 and fully mind-off cars by 2035.

  2. Episode · Sep 25, 2026

    Friday Wrap-Up: A President's View on Global Power and Learning from Big Tech (opens the original)

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    On this week's Friday Wrap-Up, Marthe Skaar catches up with Nicolai Tangen, joining from San Francisco, to break down his podcast conversation with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. They discuss Stubb's view that the world is at a major geopolitical turning point, why he believes the Global South will shape what comes next, and how tech giants like Nvidia and Apple now rival entire countries in size. Nicolai also shares what he's learned visiting Microsoft, Nvidia, and other tech companies

  3. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    President Alexander Stubb: A Changing World Order, Democracies Facing AI, and Golfing with Trump (opens the original)

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    How are democracies adapting to the new technology? In this episode, Nicolai Tangen talks with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, about defence, diplomacy and the shifting world order. They discuss why Finland kept its defences strong long before joining NATO, how the war in Ukraine might end, what AI is doing to democracies, and why Stubb believes the Global South will shape what comes next. He also reflects on failure, resilience, and what a successful life actually looks like. Tune in for

  4. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Friday Wrap-Up: A Guru of Simplification and the AI Slowdown Debate (opens the original)

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    On this week's Friday Wrap-Up, Marthe Skaar calls in from Singapore to catch up with Nicolai Tangen, joining from New York, to break down his podcast conversation with Jon McNeill, author of “The Algorithm" and a leading voice on simplifying business processes. They discuss his rule to question every requirement before automating, and why speed has become a competitive necessity. The conversation also turns to the growing debate over AI safety, fueled by Anthropic's Dario Amodei's call to slow d

  5. Episode · Sep 16, 2026

    Jon McNeill: The Algorithm Behind Tesla and SpaceX, Why Automation Should Come Last, and Setting Unrealistic Goals (opens the original)

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    Nicolai Tangen sits down with Jon McNeill, CEO and Co-Founder of DVx Ventures and author of The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors and SpaceX . Having spent three years as President of Tesla reporting directly to Elon Musk before serving as COO of Lyft, McNeill draws on that experience to lay out his five-step formula: question every requirement, delete unnecessary steps, simplify, accelerate, and automate last. They discuss Tesla's near-collapse

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