a16z
@a16z · Mar 20, 2026
"We became very good at financial engineering and forgot about engineering."
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on how tech companies lose their edge:
"Europe has created exactly zero companies from scratch in the last 50 years worth more than a hundred billion euro. We have created all
a16z@a16z· Mar 20, 2026"I think our biggest risk as a country is suicide, not homicide."
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar joins a16z's Katherine Boyle and Erik Torenberg to discuss Shyam's new book, Mobilize, as well as defense, AI, the SaaSpocalypse, and more.
00:00 Introduction
07:53 Rebuilding the
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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04:24 AM · March 21, 2026 · 28.9K views
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