Davos 2026: Conversation with Elon Musk

How can tech maximize the future of civilization? In a chat with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO discusses the role of robotics in tackling stubborn issues such as global poverty as well as how it could drive an expansion in the global economy. He also explores how reusable rockets will drop the cost of access to space, how he sees AI developing in the years ahead and his take on optimism. Speakers: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; Chief Engineer, SpaceX; CTO, xAI; and Laurence D. Fink, Chair and CEO, BlackRock; Interim Co-Chair, World Economic Forum. This session was recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland, 22 January, 2026. Read a transcript of this episode here: About the 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos: Radio Davos Daily Meet The Leader's sister podcast Radio Davos will be publishing live from the Annual Meeting in Davos. To listen to these episodes, follow Radio Davos here:

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Davos 2026: Conversation with Elon Musk is an episode from Meet The Leader by World Economic Forum.

This episode is 32:25 long.

This episode was published on Jan 23, 2026.

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