Twin profiles of Thiel-backed, defense-minded, Silicon Valley moguls give us a glimpse of the future of war, and America.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, during an interview on"The Circuit with Emily Chang" at Anduril's headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.. They both have connections to neo-feudalist venture capitalist Peter Thiel. And they’re both the subject of lengthy in-depth profiles. They are Alex Karp of Palantir and Palmer Luckey of Anduril, the two biggest players in the hot new thing: Silicon Valley defense companies.
“Not supporting the U.S. military,” Karp told the New York Times. “I don’t even know how you explain to the average American that you’ve become a multibillionaire and you won’t supply your product to the D.O.D. It’s jarringly corrosive. That’s before you get to all the corrosive, divisive things that are on these platforms.”
He told Stern that losing his reputation gave him a taste for revenge. “One of the reasons I started Anduril is I felt like I was one of the only people who was … I’m the guy who’s already been lit on fire, right? I’ve already been burned. My reputation was so bad that I could do literally anything and it couldn’t get worse. In that way, I think I’m actually blessed.
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