Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir, discusses his book 'Mobilize' and the urgent need for America to inspire its 'latent heretics.' He analyzes the AI-driven SaaS market through the lens of 'alpha versus beta software,' advocates for human agency over automation to re-industrialize, and explains how film and storytelling can rebuild national will.
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, discusses the critical role of technology in national defense, warns Silicon Valley of a political backlash if it fails to support the military, and argues that America's key advantage in the AI race is its ability to cultivate and protect neurodiverse, unconventional talent.
Emil Michael, the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, details the radical technological transformation of the US military. He discusses the architecture and rapid launch of GenAI.mil, an internal AI platform powered by Gemini that reached over one million users in 30 days. He also outlines critical technology priorities, including scaled hypersonics and autonomous drone swarms, and the urgent need to rebuild the American defense industrial base for a new era of global competition.
Silicon Valley's historical alliance with US defense fractured over 15 years of hostility, but is now being rebuilt under the "American Dynamism" thesis, driven by the geopolitical realities of Ukraine and competition with China. This shift prioritizes building in the physical world—defense, energy, manufacturing—by leveraging software, AI, and autonomy to innovate faster than legacy, five-year-plan-based incumbents and win by doubling down on America's chaotic creativity.