Palmer Luckey: Meet the Real-Life Tony Stark

Palmer Luckey is as close as it gets to a real-life Iron Man. As a teenager, he worked on virtual reality headsets until he eventually created the Oculus Rift, the most groundbreaking VR headset ever assembled. After single-handedly shaping the field of virtual reality, and selling Oculus to Facebook, he founded Anduril, one of the fastest-growing defense companies in America today.
While some American tech companies refuse to work with the U.S. military, Anduril is unabashed in its efforts to develop and deploy artificial intelligence, drone technology, and other advanced systems to defend America and its allies. In this conversation, Palmer discusses Anduril’s latest game-changing technologies, innovative ideas that can change the world, his favorite sci-fi novel - and the Fermi paradox! [Joe's venture capital firm 8VC is an investor in Anduril.]
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00:00 Episode Intro
00:30 How Palmer Invented Modern VR
07:09 War Stories From Building Oculus
16:00 What SciFi Tech Is Coming Next?
26:30 Building Anduril & Why Many Other Tech Companies Won't Work with Pentagon
41:24 Reasons for Optimism: Better Tech, Less War?
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[@HiberNAT]

Interview Tim Dillon OR ELSE.

[@nat.serrano]

PL is a strange case: amazing communication skills (sales) and amazing technical skills. Explosive combination

[@AmericanOptimist]

Well said!

[@cambodianriverpig7613]

Not strange. He is simply the product of homeschooling.

[@Aphieon_]

W.W bro podcast sent me

[@paulallen6992]

WW Bro podcast sent me

[@mateohernandez2933]

This guy is the future!

[@willgeorge8368]

We are lucky to have genius characters like Palmer Luckey doing this important work on our behalf's.

[@RyanR3STL3SS]

Good to hear Palmer give an update. I've been following him since MTBS3D. His realistic explanation of his patriotism is great.

[@Ramnik72]

so gutsy, smart and confident

[@cidadaoPPT]

Palmer is an absolute legend! So much respect for this guy.

[@hashim9882]

Audio tip for Palmer: ur mic is backwards

[@RollingTree2]

Fascinating, I learned a lot. And great wrap up on big pic perspective re judging U.S. Refreshing to hear technologistists with broad context sociopolitical/historical/moral perspectives ...as opposed to the all too common shallow perspectives that never consider, as Thomas Sowell puts it, "...compared to what?" More great work, thank you for sharing!

[@toniodesorrento9702]

Long Anduril

[@ElectricFuture]

Palmer is so insightful across a wide range of tech, great podcast

[@huhwhat2072]

Really dug this episode but wanted to give some constructive criticism about improving the show. In my humble opinion, the best way for this podcast to reach the next level would be to have Ray Kump, the inventor of pickleball, as its co-host.

[@abhishekdev258]

Ramjets are not forgotten, India and Russia both are developing missiles on that technology, it is called Brahmos missile that goes above mach 4, but an aeroplane based on Ramjet would be awesome

[@zinjanthropus322]

SR 71?

[@T1k3mys0n]

the name Anduril sounds like a medicine

[@taharris93]

WW Bro podcast put me onto this guy and his new pod.

[@robertoromagnoli1352]

Does the interview look like the rick roll guy - Rick Astley? Or is it just me

[@martinjoel1781]

Tim Dillon is a big fan!

[@hookemhorns1543]

BOOK TIM DILLON!!!