NEXT.io’s Pierre Lindh joins Bet It Drives to talk about Prediction Markets, industry politics, and staying independent

The NEXT.io founder speaks to GR8_TECH’s Yevhen Krazhan about editorial independence, industry collaboration and building Next Predict in eight months.

Key takeaways:

• Pierre Lindh, founder of NEXT.io, joins Bet It Drives host Yevhen Krazhan, CSO at GR8_TECH, for season five’s Lisbon episode.
• Lindh discusses how NEXT.io approaches editorial independence while reporting on companies, partners and people within igaming’s close-knit network.
• He argues that regulatory, political and external pressure makes cooperation across the igaming industry essential.
• Lindh says prediction markets are not simply another gambling vertical or sports betting alternative.
• He explains that Next Predict compressed what would normally be a two-year conference launch into eight months.

Press release.- Bet It Drives Season 5 continues in Lisbon with Pierre Lindh, one of igaming’s most connected media personalities, joining Yevhen Krazhan, CSO at GR8_TECH, for a conversation spanning industry friendships, editorial independence, prediction markets, entrepreneurship, and a couple of unexpected phone calls.

Lindh has spent his entire career around gaming, events, media and community building. Twenty years in, he says the relationships behind the industry remain one of the main reasons he’s still so invested in it.

But being close to the industry also creates one of media’s hardest challenges: remaining independent while reporting on the same companies, partners, and people you work with every day. Lindh talks openly about how NEXT.io navigates that balance, before the conversation moves into where the industry is heading next, and who is moving fast enough to get there first.

In this episode:

• Friends, partners and competitors: why igaming’s tight-knit network remains one of its biggest strengths.
• The reality of independent media: how NEXT.io approaches difficult stories involving partners and shareholders.
• Why igaming needs to cooperate: Lindh argues that regulatory, political, and external pressure makes industry collaboration essential.
• Prediction markets are different: why he believes they aren’t another gambling vertical or sports betting alternative.
• Building Next Predict at speed: how the team compressed what would normally be a two-year conference launch into just eight months.
• The opportunity for betting companies: why established sportsbook expertise could become a major advantage in prediction markets.
• Confess or Call: Pierre avoids some uncomfortable questions by putting his team to the test with live prank calls.
• Running and entrepreneurship: what building a company feels like.

Yevhen Krazhan, CSO at GR8_TECH and host of Bet It Drives, said: “Pierre is one of those people who seems to know everyone, but what stands out more is that he genuinely cares about the people in this industry. He has been part of it for 20 years, he understands how it works, where it is changing, and he is never afraid to have the difficult conversations. That mix of experience, curiosity, and energy is what makes him such an important voice in igaming.”