Palmer Luckey
6 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2016 by Nabeel Hyatt · said 47 times in 19 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
On the record as a speaker too: Palmer Luckey's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (28), Brian Singerman (7), Nabeel Hyatt (4), Marc Andreessen (2), Shaun Maguire (1), Michael Eisenberg (1), Matt Grimm (1), Katherine Boyle (1)
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2026 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
- 99% of Drone Companies Will Die & Why Anduril’s Products Aren’t an Ethics Debate | Matthew Steckman · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Demis Hassabis: Why AGI is Bigger than the Industrial Revolution & Where Are The Bottlenecks in AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2025 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Sequoia Partner, David Cahn on Who Wins in AI, Defence & The New $0–$100M Playbook · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 20VC: The Startup Adding $1M ARR Every Week | Competing Against OpenAI's Codex and Claude Code: Who Wins | Why Gemini is Failing and GPT-5 Is Winning | Do Margins Matter in a World of AI | The Ugly Truth About AI Coding with Zach Lloyd, Warp
- GetYourGuide CEO & Founder, Johannes Reck: The Wild Story Raising $450M From Masa and Softbank · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Trae Stephens: Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC | E1135 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Torsten Reil, Helsing Founder: Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | E1237 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Klaus Hommels: Why "Portfolios are Merely a Construct to Make LPs Happy"? | E1231 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Shaun Maguire: Why Iran is the World's Greatest Evil & Trump is the Only Hope for Peace | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Shyam Sankar: The Broken Incentive Structure of How Governments Buy Defence | E1104 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 16 mentions in 1 episode
2020 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
- 20VC: The 4 Phases of Effective Decision-Making, The No 1 Quality of Good Decisions, How To Approach Effective OKR Setting, & How To Optimise and Improve Your Operating Cadence with Shishir Mehrotra, Founder & CEO @ Coda
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2016 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: Spark's Nabeel Hyatt on Investing in Oculus and Cruise & What It Takes To Invest Ahead Of The Curve
- 20VC: Why You Have To Be A Good Long Term Actor To Succeed in VC & How Owning An Esports Team Could Be A $Bn Outcome with Clinton Foy, General Partner @ Crosscut Ventures
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
Everything said about Palmer Luckey, oldest first
Jun 8, 2016
Sep 28, 2020 bullish
Nov 11, 2021 positive
Nov 11, 2021 positive
Mar 23, 2026 positive
Steckman: Palmer Luckey's brand is uniquely valuable for establishing trust in defense
“I do. Unequivocally. In defense, anything highly regulated, right? Every single thing is a headwind. And so the main thing you do to cut through headwind is you try and establish trust relationships with people who matter. I think Palmer is an N of one when it…”
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Andreessen: a16z passed on Anduril Series A out of political fear
“The most straightforward example is the deal we didn't do, we should have done, is the Andrewle Series A right, which was like, which was just, like, sort of obvious that it was gonna be special, and, you know, Palmer, we had worked with Palmer at Oculus, and …”