Bendik Heiberg is a Norwegian founder running Heiberg Industries — an AI-native studio that builds and operates digital products under one roof. The studio was originally an investment vehicle, but became his full-time work from October 2025, as the home for what he ships now.

Before going full-time in the studio in October 2025, Bendik spent two decades in digital advertising and marketing. He started at Kelkoo in 2004, then moved through Kanal F into the dentsu group — building and running the operations side at Vizeum, Amplifi, and heading up Amnet as MD, where he scaled the Nordic programmatic trading desk from launch to 200 MNOK in annual revenue. In 2018, he stepped out to found Innoport, an entrepreneurship and innovation initiative in Vestfold. From 2020 to 2025, he was a senior advisor at Curamando (part of Eidra) across marketing, martech, data and AI — with stints as Martech Lead, AI Lead, Operations Lead, and interim MD.

An accomplished speaker, he was a finalist for ANFO Speaker of the Year in 2021 and 2025.

The portfolio he runs today includes /orakel (Nordic company data, live), /zero7 (an agentic platform for marketing teams, live), /murmur (voice transcription, pre-launch), /traad (a European workspace suite, in exploration), and /cratedigger (a music-collection iOS app, just launched). Vol de Nuit, a small wine importer specialising in French natural wine, is run by him and his girlfriend.

One founder, AI as an operating partner, and a network of specialists when the work calls for it. EU-sovereign when possible, opinionated about what gets built, allergic to AI slop. He sometimes writes about marketing, technology, pop culture, AI and more.

Get in touch via bendik@heiberg.co or +47 91 73 73 66!