# Celebrating 50 Years of NI at NI Connect 2026

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Podcast: [Inside Electronics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-electronics-6742169)
Published: 2026-05-19T06:39:00+00:00
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## Resource

National Instruments (NI) was started 50 years ago by Dr. Truchard—known to many as ”Dr. T”—along with Jeff Kodosky and Bill Nowlin.”. NI recently became part of Emerson. He was joined by Ritu Favre, President, Test and Measurement Business Group, and Kevin Schultz (CTO) at this year’s NI Connect 2026 in Fort Worth, TX. In this episode of Inside Electronics, we talk with Ritu Favre about NI in general and about LabVIEW’s Nigel AI.

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