IoT For All Podcast

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Wienke Giezeman, CEO and co-founder of The Things Industries, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss how IoT is finally delivering what it promised ten years ago. The conversation covers what changed technically and commercially, the ROI of IoT, why deployments failed in the early days, criticism of IoT, what companies still get wrong about LoRaWAN, and The Things Conference 2026.

Wienke Giezeman is the CEO and co-founder of The Things Industries, one of the leading LoRaWAN infrastructure providers worldwide. Alongside CTO and co-founder Johan Stokking, he has spent the past 10 years enabling enterprises to build scalable, secure sensor-to-cloud solutions using LoRaWAN.

The Things Industries provides enterprise-grade LoRaWAN solutions that help organizations worldwide deploy and scale secure IoT infrastructure. Its LoRaWAN Network Server, The Things Stack, powers millions of devices across industries such as utilities, logistics, agriculture, and smart cities.

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The Things Conference: https://www.thethingsconference.com
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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Martin Nord, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Com4, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss IoT in 2026 and what enterprises need to consider. The conversation covers what enterprise IoT buyers actually need, the crowded IoT connectivity market, the 2G/3G sunset, how roaming in IoT is broken in subtle ways, the nature of IoT connectivity failures, prioritizing financial stability in IoT partners, satellite IoT, and the future of IoT connectivity.

With over 20 years of experience in the cellular and IoT industry, Martin Nord is a visionary leader and passionate technologist. He has a proven track record of driving innovation and leading high-performance teams. As CTO and PTO, Martin plays a pivotal role in shaping Com4's product vision and strategy. He oversees the entire product lifecycle, ensuring that Com4’s solutions not only meet market demands but also drive value for customers in an ever-evolving IoT landscape. By combining his deep technical expertise with a customer-focused approach, Martin ensures that Com4’s offerings remain at the forefront of innovation in IoT connectivity.

Com4, part of Wireless Logic Group, is a world leading provider of managed IoT connectivity services, with over 13 years of experience working with enterprises around the world. Com4 exists to provide not only the right tools but the most fitting solutions to its customers for beneficial IoT connectivity and control. Customers around the world trust them to cost-efficiently build and operate both large-scale and smaller IoT connectivity projects. All SIM cards are delivered, already activated within a few business days. Com4 supports all radio standards (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G as well as LPWA technologies such as LTE-M and NB-IoT).

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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Matthias Wagner, Founder and CEO of Flux, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss AI-assisted hardware design for IoT. The conversation covers the historical challenges of hardware design, the current capabilities of AI tools, compressing the hardware iteration cycle, integration challenges, the limitations of AI, and enabling IoT innovation.

Matthias Wagner is the Founder and CEO of Flux, the world’s first AI hardware engineer. He is a maker, a hands-on technical leader, and an entrepreneur leading a grassroots revolution in hardware design. Under his leadership, Flux has grown to more than 1M sign-ups and has powered more than 6M hardware projects to date.

Flux is the world’s first AI hardware engineer. Just as AI coding has transformed software development, Flux is transforming hardware design with agentic AI by allowing anyone to design PCBs with natural language prompts. Flux is able to understand schematics, PCB layouts, and component constraints, helping teams design, review, and optimize hardware in real time. It makes professionals faster and gives non-engineers the ability to build products they could only dream of in the past. With more than 1 million sign-ups and more than 6 million projects created to date, Flux is pioneering a new era of AI-native hardware design.

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More about Flux: https://www.flux.ai
Connect with Matthias: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-wagner-5220b047/
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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Eystein Stenberg, CTO and co-founder of Northern.tech, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss how to succeed in an increasingly software-driven IoT landscape. The conversation covers the impact of AI on software-driven IoT products, the growing role of software in time-to-market and connected products, overcoming software challenges, build versus buy, and strategic considerations for OEMs.

Eystein Stenberg is the CTO and co-founder of Northern.tech. With over 15 years of experience in security and systems management, Stenberg has served on the frontlines of some of the largest production environments and possesses in-depth knowledge on solving real-world system security challenges. An expert in embedded system security and IoT device management, Stenberg routinely shares his insights at industry conferences. Stenberg holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics with a focus on cryptography from the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Northern.tech is the leader in device lifecycle management with a mission to secure the world’s connected devices. Established in 2008, Northern.tech showcases a long history of enterprise technology management before lloT and loT became buzzwords. Northern.tech is the company behind CFEngine, the pioneer in server configuration management, to automate large-scale IT operations and compliance. In 2015, Northern.tech released the first version of Mender, the market leader in over-the-air software update management. Mender offers robust, secure, and customizable OTA software updates for smart devices. Mender boasts a proven track record with Fortune 1000 clients, including Airbus, Lyft, Volkswagen, Siemens, Thales, and ZF Group.

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Connect with Eystein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eysteinstenberg/
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In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Kevin Dewald, Founder at The California Open Source Company, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the current state of Bluetooth. The conversation covers why Bluetooth in IoT is so mobile-centric, the promise of desktop as a Bluetooth platform, why dongles pose challenges, the economics of open source, the complexities of the Bluetooth protocol, and the need for a shift in how IoT products are developed.

Kevin Dewald is the creator of SimpleBLE, the most versatile cross-platform open-source Bluetooth Low Energy library. Through The California Open Source Company, he advocates for sustainable commercialization of open-source projects, helping developers monetize impactful tools like SimpleBLE. A former Neuralink engineer and co-founder of multiple startups, Kevin currently advances enterprise AI following MK1's acquisition by AMD. He also mentors entrepreneurs at UC Berkeley's StEP program and advises early-stage ventures through StepUp Ventures.

The California Open Source Company is dedicated to helping open-source developers create freely and earn fairly by building sustainable commercialization paths for impactful projects. Its flagship project, SimpleBLE, is the most versatile cross-platform Bluetooth Low Energy library, helping companies of all sizes to focus on building great Bluetooth products.

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Connect with Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevindewald/
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