The episode count for the upcoming season of the hit financial drama Industry has been officially confirmed. The new season will run for eight episodes, matching the length of all previous seasons. HBO announced that the season will premiere on Sunday, January 11, 2026, with new episodes releasing weekly on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.
The Official Season 4 Details
Industry returns for its fourth season on January 11, 2026, in its regular 9 p.m. ET time slot. The season will consist of eight episodes, continuing the show’s consistent format. This confirmation came directly from HBO’s official press release and has been echoed across major entertainment news outlets. The new season finds main characters Harper and Yasmin at the top of their game but facing new challenges.
The official season logline sets the stage: “At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper and Yasmin are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene.” This new fintech company, a payment processing startup called Tender, serves as the fresh backdrop for the season’s drama.
A New Corporate Playground and Higher Stakes
The power dynamics between the main characters are set to intensify. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck, Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram. This professional divergence puts pressure on their already “twisted friendship,” which is described as beginning to “warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.”
The show’s creators, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, have teased that the fourth season expands the show’s scope, exploring capitalism’s impacts “beyond the investment floor.” They cite influences from “investicontentgative, procedural, conspiracy, and erotic thrillers,” promising a compelling week-to-week viewing experience. The production design for the new fintech rival, Tender, is meant to have an “edge of danger,” reflecting the sharp and risky nature of the new season’s plot.
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Meet the New Power Players
Season 4 introduces a significant number of new characters, played by a roster of well-known actors, who are set to shake up the established dynamics.
Max Minghella joins the cast as Whitney Halberstram, the CFO and founder of Tender. Minghella describes his character as “an enigma to the audience and, in some ways, to himself” and a “tornado of cutthroat ambition.” His story is heavily centered on his “multi-layered relationship” with Kit Harington’s character, Henry Muck.
Kal Penn plays Jay Jonah Atterbury, the co-founder and CEO of Tender. Charlie Heaton enters the scene as Jim Dyker, a financial journalist whom Heaton describes as “intrepid but morally skewed.” Kiernan Shipka takes on the role of Hayley Clay, an executive assistant at Tender who Shipka says is “a wild character” who “wears many masks throughout the season and is absolutely fearless in the process.”
Other notable new cast members include Toheeb Jimoh as Kwabena Bannerman, a trader at Mostyn Asset Management; Amy James-Kelly as Jennifer Bevan, a newly promoted Labour Party Minister; and Jack Farthing, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Forlani, and Edward Holcroft in undisclosed roles.
The returning cast includes Myha’la as Harper Stern, Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani, Ken Leung as Eric Tao, and Sagar Radia as Rishi Ramdani, among others. It has been noted that Harry Lawtey, who played Robert Spearing, will not be returning for the new season.
The teaser trailer for the new season, set to Nina Simone’s cover of “Lilac Wine,” offers a glimpse of the tension, featuring a confrontation between Harper and Yasmin at a bar. The dialogue highlights their fraying bond, with Yasmin asking, “Will you look after me tonight?” to which Harper pointedly replies, “When the f*ck are you going to look after me?”
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