PODCAST · business
Courtside Financial Podcast
by Courtside Financial
Welcome to Courtside Financial, your ultimate destination for quick, insightful snapshots at the intersection of business and technology! Hosted by Obi, our channel delivers short-form podcast episodes packed with essential highlights and trending topics in the world of commerce and innovation. Whether you're on the move or prefer condensed content, Courtside Financial provides you with bite-sized doses of insights that fit perfectly into your busy schedule. From market updates to tech breakthroughs, we've got you covered with concise and engaging content.
Episodes
-
NIO Jumps 4% On Software Upgrade, Transformer Co-Inventor Joins OpenAI & Gas Drops Below $4
Four stories today — all connected to your portfolio. NIO's US-listed shares jumped nearly 4% in overnight trading after the company rolled out a major upgrade to its NIO World Model driver-assist platform — reaching over 700,000 vehicles, including cars sold up to four years ago. The update runs...
-
NIO Delivers Saturday. Chinese EVs Enter Via Mexico. SpaceX Is Cooling Off. Fed Hikes Coming.
Six stories today — NIO leads and the China EV global expansion story is the one your portfolio needs to hear. NIO Champion Edition deliveries start Saturday June 20th — ET5, ET5 Touring, and EC6 all launching simultaneously. Starting at 313,000 yuan, better equipped and cheaper than last year's...
-
SpaceX Buys Cursor For $60B, 80% Of Enterprise AI Produces Nothing & Pizza Hut Sells For Irrelevance
Five stories today — one of the most stacked news days of the year. SpaceX confirmed Tuesday it is acquiring Cursor — the AI coding tool developed by Anysphere — for $60 billion in an all-stock deal closing Q3 2026. Cursor generates $2.6 billion in annualized B2B revenue and is used by Fortune…
more -
William Li: China Auto Down 20%, NIO Growing 50% & Are American Automakers Isolating The World?
Four stories today — all connected to your NIO position and the broader Chinese EV investment thesis. William Li spoke at the China Auto Chongqing Summit on June 13th and said something most CEOs would never say publicly. China's domestic auto retail sales declined 19.5% year over year in the…
more -
Li Auto Deleted The ES9 Video, NIO Hits Two June Milestones & The Bear Case Questions Worth Asking
Four stories today — starting with the controversy dominating Chinese automotive social media right now. Li Auto posted a chassis comparison video on their official platform comparing the Li L9 Livis to the NIO ES9. The video was designed to make the ES9 look inferior. NIO's VP of Branding Ma Lin...
-
NIO Zigging While Rivals Zag — Motley Fool Validates + Uber AI Budget Explosion & VC Horror Stories
NIO is playing a different game — and Motley Fool just called it out. While competitors chase export volume and watch margins collapse, NIO focuses on winning the domestic market with brand, tech, and community. William Li’s warning that China’s automotive golden era is over actually strengthens...
-
NIO ES9 Ramping to 10K Deliveries, GigaDevice Chip Partnership, Mirattery Win — XPENG Drama & Tech Updates
NIO is executing. The ES9 flagship is already on pace for 10,000 deliveries this month with strong waitlists on higher trims. Fresh today: partnership with GigaDevice on next-gen automotive chips and another smart financing move through Mirattery at ultra-low rates. We also check XPENG — strong...
-
NIO's Buyer Isn't A Ferrari Customer | Rolls-Royce Roasted, Broadcom Misses & Iran Updates
Four stories today — starting with the luxury car conversation that connects directly to your NIO thesis. Rolls-Royce unveiled the new Spectre electric car and the Chinese internet destroyed it immediately — too conservative, no technology story, just an expensive car with a plug. A Chinese...
-
NIO Burned 100B Yuan In 8 Years, June Is The Verdict & Lotus Just Quit Pure EV After 8 Years
Four stories today — all connected to the biggest month in NIO's history. NIO has burned approximately 100 billion yuan — $14.6 billion — over 8 years since William Li founded the company in 2014. June is the verdict month. NIO delivered 67,061 vehicles in April and May combined. To hit Q2…
more -
NIO ES9 17-Week Queue, Can It Beat The ES8? SpaceX IPO & Florida Sues Sam Altman | June 2
Quick correction upfront — yesterday's story about William Li preparing an 8th IPO came from a Chinese article headline I could not fully verify. I'm pulling it back until confirmed. Credibility first always. The ES9 launched May 27th and already has a 17-week delivery queue. NIO stock surged…
more -
NIO's Best Month Ever, William Li's 8th IPO & The Chinese EV Delivery Rankings Reshuffled | June 1
Four stories today — starting with the most important week in NIO's 2026 delivery story so far. NIO delivered 37,705 vehicles in May 2026 — up 62.3% year over year and up 28.4% from April's 29,356. Three brands all firing: 20,013 NIO brand, 12,029 Onvo, 5,663 Firefly. Year-to-date deliveries hit...
-
NIO's Swap Network Delivers 16% Of All EV Energy In China | The Bull Case Nobody Is Talking About
Four stories to close out May — starting with the most underrated bull case in the NIO thesis right now. NIO's battery swap network delivered 16% of all EV charging energy in China over a five-day period. Not 16% of NIO vehicle energy. 16% of ALL electric vehicle charging energy across the entire...
-
BYD's 4nm Chip, Xpeng's $5B Quarterly Burn, A Mine In Hormuz & Audi Drops Its Logo In China
Four stories today — all connected to the future of the Chinese EV market and your portfolio. BYD unveiled the Xuanji A3 — China's first mass-produced automotive-grade 4nm smart driving chip. 2,100 TOPS of computing power in a three-chip configuration. Built for L3 and L4 autonomous driving....
-
I Own Dell, I Cover NIO & The Honest Portfolio Conversation | Dell +33%, Iran Deal & Records
Dell Technologies just had its best single session in company history — up 33% after beating earnings and raising full-year guidance. AI server demand is flooding Dell's infrastructure division. Snowflake surged 36.5%. Best Buy up 15.8%. And today I want to have the honest conversation this…
more -
NIO ES9 Deliveries Live, NIO vs Xpeng Q1 Earnings & Ferrari's First EV Got Compared To A Nissan Leaf
Welcome back. A lot happened. Let's get into it. NIO ES9 deliveries kicked off yesterday — one day early. NIO hired NBA legend Yao Ming as Chief Experience Officer. The stock surged 9.3% in the US and 10.45% in Hong Kong. The higher-priced Executive Signature Edition and Horizon Special Edition...
-
Drake Drops Iceman At Midnight. The Business Stakes Are Enormous. Plus NIO's Biggest Week Ever.
Four stories today — all connected to what matters for your portfolio right now. Tomorrow the Onvo L80 officially launches. NIO's direct answer to Tesla's Model Y — priced below it, with battery swap included, and Morgan Stanley projecting Onvo reaches 30% of NIO group deliveries in Q2 up from…
more -
Trump In Beijing With Musk & Jensen Huang, Onvo L80 Launches Tomorrow & Tesla FSD vs Huawei Begins
Six stories today — all connected to your portfolio. The NIO ES8 topped China's large SUV retail rankings for the fifth consecutive month — including combustion vehicles. The most premium mainstream NIO product is the best-selling large SUV in China. That margin mix is what William Li was…
more -
NIO Earnings Preview May 21, April Delivery Breakdown, The Chip Race & 3.8% Inflation | May 12
Four stories today — all connected to your NIO position. NIO reports Q1 2026 earnings on May 21st before US markets open. Three things to watch on the call: whether revenue growth outpaced delivery growth as management guided, whether gross margin held above 17.5% from Q4 2025, and what William…
more -
NIO Phone Leak, ES9 Test Drives Sunday, Leapmotor's Record Problem & Burry's 1999 Warning
Five stories today — NIO leads everything. ES9 test drives open May 11th — this Sunday. NIO has initiated a 10,000 kilometer (6,200 mile) shortest-time driving challenge alongside the opens. Onvo L80 launches May 15. ES9 deliveries begin May 27 on the same day as the official launch — nearly...
-
Trump's War Boosted Chinese EV Exports 140%, NIO Raises Cheap Capital & Big Tech's $725B AI Bet
Three stories on the last day of April — all connected to your portfolio. Trump started a war with Iran in February. Oil hit $104. The Strait of Hormuz closed. And Chinese EV exports hit a record high in March — up 140% year over year according to the China Passenger Car Association. Solar,...
-
NIO ES9 Debuts, Wang Chuanfu Takes The Subway & Tesla Skips The World's Biggest Auto Show Again
Six stories from the biggest auto show in history — plus two US macro stories your portfolio needs today. The 2026 Beijing Auto Show opened April 24 as the largest auto show ever staged — 380,000 square meters, 1,451 vehicles, 181 world premieres. The secretary-general of the Passenger Car...
-
NIO Hit With $250M Battery Swap Patent Demand — Here's Why It's Mostly Noise | Full Breakdown
Five stories today — starting with the one every NIO investor needs to hear right now. A British Virgin Islands holding company called Charge Peak, which owns the patents of bankrupt Israeli startup Better Place, just sent NIO a cease-and-desist letter demanding $250 million — calculated as 2% of...
-
Tesla Missed Deliveries, China's Price War Paused & The Fast Consumer Goods Trap Hurting Every EV Brand Except NIO
Four stories that all connect to your portfolio today. Tesla reported Q1 2026 earnings — $22.38 billion in revenue and $0.41 EPS, both beats. But deliveries missed at 358,023 units and Tesla built 50,000 more cars than it sold. Capex guidance jumped $5 billion above prior guidance to $25 billion....
-
CATL's 6-Minute Battery, Iran Ceasefire Extended & Why NIO's Swap Network Just Got Stronger
Four stories today — all connected to your portfolio. Trump extended the Iran ceasefire hours after saying he wouldn't, calling Iran "seriously fractured." JD Vance called off his Pakistan trip. Iran said it hadn't decided whether to show up. And then — extension, no end date. Oil moves tonight....
-
NIO's Q2 Reality Check, The Chinese EV Industry Bleeding Out & Sam Altman vs Human Verification
Five stories that matter for your portfolio today. William Li held an internal NIO meeting and told his employees Q2 will be hard. Most CEOs would never say that out loud. Obi breaks down why that's actually the most bullish signal you could get — because honest CEOs outperform, and because Li...
-
Buick Challenged William Li Publicly — And It's Actually Bullish For NIO | ES9 Deep Dive
William Li said at the ES9 launch that people can now forget about MPVs. Buick — with 27 years of MPV history in China — responded publicly on Weibo and invited Li to sit in their new Century before making that judgment. Today Obi breaks down what's actually happening beneath the brand beef. The...
-
China EV Price War 2026: Troll Armies, 4.1% Margins, Meta vs Google & The Hormuz Ceasefire
Six stories today that connect around a single theme — the companies that survive consolidation own the decade. Nissan's Dongfeng joint venture was caught running a coordinated troll army against Li Auto during a product launch. Leaked internal documents exposed Li Auto's models as explicit...
-
Stock Market Erases Iran War While Oil Hits $104 | OpenAI vs Microsoft, Intel +58% & More
Five stories that paint a clear picture of where the economy is heading — and one from China that you are genuinely not ready for. The S&P 500 closed Monday at its highest level since before the Iran war — fully erasing its losses — while oil surged to $104 a barrel the same day after Hormuz…
more -
Trump's Hormuz Blockade Will Shock Global Markets | William Li Calls Out Entire EV Industry
Four stories today that all connect back to NIO and your portfolio. William Li took the stage at the China EV 100 Forum urging the entire Chinese auto industry to standardize batteries and chips — a move he says could unlock over $14 billion in industry-wide savings. NIO's own ES9 has over 4,000...
-
NIO's Founder Bet His Own Fortune On This Company | OpenAI, StubHub & Snap AI Glasses
Most NIO investors are focused on delivery numbers. Not enough people are talking about the man leading the company and why he actually has something to lose. William Li founded NIO in 2014 with ~$150M of his own money. When the company was going bankrupt in 2020 he pledged his personal shares to...
-
6 Months Of Rejections. Then Two Offers At The Same Time. — Tech Sales EP8
Last episode I left you with a question. Three years exceeding quota. No raise. No promotion. Do I stay or do I go? Today you get the answer. And then this series changes — because starting next episode we stop with the autobiography and start building your career. In this episode: 🔹 The…
more -
NIO ES9 Drops, Inflation Spikes, Burry Tanks Palantir & Someone Firebombed Sam Altman's House
Friday roundup. Here's everything that mattered this week. NIO unveiled the ES9 — physically larger than a Rolls Royce Cullinan and projected to carry NIO's highest SUV gross margin. Pre-orders from outside NIO's existing community are already running 1.5x the ES8's pre-sale pace. We break down...
-
NIO ES9 Deep Dive - What Chinese Sources Are Saying
NIO revealed the ES9 today in Hangzhou. Pre-sales start at 528,000 yuan — about $77,000 — with battery-as-a-service bringing the entry price down to 420,000 yuan. That's 31% lower than the ET9 sedan carrying identical technology — the same Shenji NX9031 autonomous driving chip, SkyRide active...
-
Apple Blew 5-Year AI Lead. GoPro Cut 23%.NIO Is Building Chips For Every Car.
GoPro cut 23% of their workforce this morning. Over 1,600 companies have announced layoffs since January 1st as AI eliminates jobs faster than any recovery can replace them. Apple former insiders confirmed this week that Apple had a 5-year head start on AI and wasted it — Siri still trailing...
-
Could Tesla Drop 60%? NIO Just Upgraded Everything. And VW Needed China's Help.
J.P. Morgan put a $145 price target on Tesla today — a 60% drop from current levels. Meanwhile NIO upgraded the Firefly with more power, more features, and same price — giving existing owners the motor upgrade for free over the air. Volkswagen launched a new EV in China built using Xpeng's...
-
OpenAI Burns $85 Billion. Gas May Drop. And NIO Reveals The ES9 Tomorrow.
Three stories dropped today that most people aren't connecting. OpenAI is burning $85 billion in a single year. Pakistan is mediating an Iran truce that could drop gas prices this week. And tomorrow NIO reveals the ES9 — their largest SUV ever at 5,365mm long, bigger than a Rolls-Royce Cullinan,...
-
NIO Firefly Won 2026's Biggest Auto Award | The Market Doesn't Care Yet
On April 1st at the New York International Auto Show NIO's Firefly won the 2026 World Urban Car of the Year — judged by 98 automotive journalists from 33 countries with votes tabulated by KPMG. For the first time in 21 years every single World Car Award trophy went to a battery electric vehicle....
-
America Banned The Cars (NIO) That Would Save You Money At The Pump
Gas hit $4.06 per gallon nationally this week — up over a dollar from one month ago. WTI crude hit $112 a barrel with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed by Iran, causing what the IEA called the worst energy crisis in history. Analysts warn $150 oil and $5 gas are possible within weeks....
-
My Customer Bought $1 Million Of Gear Because I Simply Showed Up
I turned my Texas house into a rental property and moved to Scottsdale Arizona to cover Arizona in field sales. Four to six months later they reassigned my territory to New Mexico — a state I could have covered from Texas where I already was. This episode covers the real lessons of field sales…
more -
NIO winning, Tesla Kills S & X officially, and Hackers Unlock FSD in China
Tesla just confirmed the end of the Model S and Model X — the premium vehicles that built the company's reputation — to bet everything on the CyberCab robotaxi which has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no regulatory approval to operate on public roads. Chinese owners who paid 64,000 yuan for…
more -
Tesla Missed. Oil Is Spiking. And OpenAI Just Bought The Media. NIO
Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1 2026 — missing analyst expectations of 372,000 for the second consecutive quarter while producing 50,000 more vehicles than it sold. The Iran war is disrupting the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil toward $100 a barrel and prompting Amazon to charge sellers a…
more -
NIO Crushes Q1 And Xiaomi Just Revealed A Big Problem
NIO just dropped March delivery numbers and beat their own Q1 guidance. 35,486 total deliveries in March — 136% year over year. Q1 total of 83,465 topped the upper end of guidance at 80,000 to 83,000. The ES8 delivered 16,255 units in March alone — best-selling large SUV and best-selling vehicle...
-
BYD vs NIO The Infrastructure Battle That Decides Everything
The Chinese EV price war is over. The infrastructure war has begun. BYD is building 20,000 flash charging stations by end of 2026 using a light-asset partner model that scales fast. NIO has 3,737 swap stations already running and is using battery subscription cash flows to issue bonds in China's...
-
Waymo Trouble In NYC And NIO Saw It Coming
For 25 years Japan dominated global auto sales. In 2025 Chinese brands sold nearly 2.7 billion vehicles — surpassing Japan for the first time since 2000. BYD ranked sixth globally, Geely eighth, both surpassing Honda and Nissan. But Obi gives the honest picture — Toyota still earns more profit…
more -
NIO's First Profit Matters More Than You Think; 6 Million Car Owners Stranded
Someone found a practically new Chinese EV for less than half its original price. The brand that made it went bankrupt. Should they buy it? Obi says no — and the reason reveals one of the most important and underreported stories in the Chinese EV market right now. Over 6 million Chinese consumers...
-
The Most Dangerous Price Point In The Chinese EV Market — And Why NIO Deliberately Avoided It
There is a price point in the Chinese EV market that is genuinely dangerous to operate in right now — 200,000 yuan, roughly $29,000. Brands pushing up from below with better technology and lower prices. Premium brands pushing down from above with larger vehicles and aggressive discounts. The...
-
I Bought A House At 25 And Left It 3 Months Later For A Promotion
Three months after buying his first house in Texas, Obi received a promotion to move to Scottsdale Arizona as a field account executive making six figures. Instead of letting the house hold him in place he cold called a property manager, turned it into a rental, and moved to a city where he knew...
-
NIO STOCK: The Price War Has A Victim And It's BYD's Profit
BYD just reported a 19% profit decline despite selling 4.6 million vehicles. The price war they started is now eating their own margins. Volkswagen paid Xpeng billions to license their technology — then used that technology to build a car cheaper than Xpeng's own vehicle. Xpeng dropped Motors…
more -
NIO STOCK: EV Customer Paid $29,000 to Save $14? Here's Why
A Chinese consumer just spent $29,000 on a pure electric vehicle to save $15 a month on gas. That sounds irrational — but it reveals something deeply important about the psychology driving the next phase of Chinese EV adoption. Oil is back at nine yuan per liter. EV search traffic is surging...
-
ES9 Spotted 15 Days Early + NIO's Biggest Bear Turns Bull?
Someone just spotted NIO's ES9 on the street, generating significant "nio news" just before its official debut. This sighting comes as discussions around "nio stock" and its market performance continue to be a hot topic in the "stock market". Even figures like "kramer" have weighed in on NIO's...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Courtside Financial, your ultimate destination for quick, insightful snapshots at the intersection of business and technology! Hosted by Obi, our channel delivers short-form podcast episodes packed with essential highlights and trending topics in the world of commerce and innovation. Whether you're on the move or prefer condensed content, Courtside Financial provides you with bite-sized doses of insights that fit perfectly into your busy schedule. From market updates to tech breakthroughs, we've got you covered with concise and engaging content.
HOSTED BY
Courtside Financial
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Courtside Financial Podcast have?
Courtside Financial Podcast currently has 486 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Courtside Financial Podcast about?
Welcome to Courtside Financial, your ultimate destination for quick, insightful snapshots at the intersection of business and technology! Hosted by Obi, our channel delivers short-form podcast episodes packed with essential highlights and trending topics in the world of commerce and innovation....
How often does Courtside Financial Podcast release new episodes?
Courtside Financial Podcast publishes regularly with 486 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
Where can I listen to Courtside Financial Podcast?
You can listen to Courtside Financial Podcast on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Courtside Financial Podcast?
Courtside Financial Podcast is created and hosted by Courtside Financial.
URL copied to clipboard!