Siemens CEO's mission to automate everything
Decoder with Nilay Patel
- Published
- February 9, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 2m
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- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Discusses Siemens is one of those absolutely giant, extremely important, fairly opaque companies we love to di…
Summary
Siemens is one of those absolutely giant, extremely important, fairly opaque companies we love to dig into on Decoder. At a very basic, reductive level, Siemens makes the hardware and software that let other companies run and automate their stuff. We spent a lot of time talking about what happens to jobs when Siemens automates everything — and what happen…
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Siemens is one of those absolutely giant, extremely important, fairly opaque companies we love to dig into on Decoder. At a very basic, reductive level, Siemens makes the hardware and software that let other companies run and automate their stuff. We spent a lot of time talking about what happens to jobs when Siemens automates everything — and what happens to a company like Siemens when the free trade era we’re used to gets turned on its head. Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Lin