# Nik Storonsky

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Real Alpha has cut 8 moments of Nik Storonsky (Co-founder & CEO, Revolut) talking, from an interview on Founders published Oct 25, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & CEO, Revolut
- About: Co-founded Revolut, the digital bank valued at $115 billion, and founded the QuantumLight venture fund.
- On X: https://x.com/NStoronsky

## What Nik Storonsky said

- [Revolut funds product bets by results, not intuition](https://realalpha.app/s/revolut-funds-product-bets-by-results-not-intuition/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 3 min
  > “if we release a bet and then we see that this bet is historically in cohort of the bottom 25% of all the bets, we simply sunset it.” — Nik Storonsky · [21:36](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=1296)
- [Revolut learned that a banking license unlocks scale](https://realalpha.app/s/revolut-learned-that-a-banking-license-unlocks-scale/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 4 min
  > “To build a large business, it's a must, right? Because if you want to really compete with banks, you need to get trust from customers.” — Nik Storonsky · [10:38](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=638)
- [Constraints taught Revolut to build with fewer resources](https://realalpha.app/s/constraints-taught-revolut-to-build-with-fewer-resources/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 7 min
  > “You need to find a way to start selling a product cheaply, build the system, and then simply feed additional employees into the system so you always have great payback.” — Nik Storonsky · [34:15](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=2055)
- [Founders should keep VCs out of operating decisions](https://realalpha.app/s/founders-should-keep-vcs-out-of-operating-decisions/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 8 min
  > “no voting right, no seat at the table at decision making, super important.” — Nik Storonsky · [44:56](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=2696)
- [Quantum Light invests equally across 30 to 40 startups](https://realalpha.app/s/quantum-light-invests-equally-across-30-to-40-startups/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min
  > “our model selects 30, 40 companies to invest over two, three years. and then puts equal amount of money in each startup.” — Nik Storonsky · [51:47](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=3107)
- [Revolut used airport ads to buy cheaper impressions](https://realalpha.app/s/revolut-used-airport-ads-to-buy-cheaper-impressions/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 6 min
  > “In my mind, we're just paying for impressions much cheaper in the physical world compared to digital world.” — Nik Storonsky · [59:43](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=3583)
- [AI is shrinking Revolut's teams and speeding up work](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-is-shrinking-revoluts-teams-and-speeding-up-work/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 4 min
  > “So we automated customer support, so 90% of all customer support team is automated now.” — Nik Storonsky · [24:15](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=1455)
- [Self-guided hires reduce management overhead](https://realalpha.app/s/self-guided-hires-reduce-management-overhead/)
  Founders · Oct 25, 2026 · 4 min
  > “you just need to minimize management time spent on each of them.” — Nik Storonsky · [30:55](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/?t=1855)

## The episode

- [Competition, Intensity & Building a $115 Billion Global Bank | Nik Storonsky, Revolut](https://realalpha.app/v/hT_MAAwFLIc/) · Founders · Oct 25, 2026