Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky: easy California money makes founders solve problems with cash, not brains
davidsenra · x · 2026-10-27
David Senra's new interview with Revolut co-founder and CEO Nik Storonsky (company valued at $115B, operating in 38 countries) delivers a sharp critique of venture culture: "A lot of founders think money is free... you can raise at ridiculous valuations and just spend. There is a different culture of trying to solve problems with money rather than with your brains." Storonsky also covers running Revolut like a machine, algorithmically funding product bets, hiring self-guided people over experienced executives, keeping VCs off his board, and how AI is changing how Revolut is organized.
Related event: Revolut CEO blasts VCs and says China's 9/9/6 engineers outcompete the West(8 posts)→
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