Palmer Luckey

8 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Feb 6, 2023 by Palmer Luckey · said 45 times in 22 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Everything said about Palmer Luckey, oldest first

Feb 6, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Luckey: Modernizing Military Requires New Startups, Not Just Existing Billionaires
“We need dozens of new innovative companies that are going to modernize our military, and I want to point out these can't be companies that are founded by people who have already made billions of dollars running other companies.”
Palmer Luckey Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 18:01 Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy
Feb 6, 2023 negative
Opinion
Luckey: US Engineers Must Choose Defense Over Ad Optimization and Photo Filters
“Tens of thousands of engineers across our entire country that are not working on defense currently are going to have to ask themselves if there are more important things in their careers than building photo filters or doing ad optimization.”
Palmer Luckey Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 18:18 Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy
Jul 7, 2023 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Anduril's Palmer Luckey Funds Employee Side Projects to Attract Ambitious Talent
“One that I like is Andrew Palmer Luckey says that he offers his employees, tools and technology for all of their side projects, not just their work projects, because he thinks that'll attract ambitious people.”
Steph Smith Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 15:05 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
Apr 23, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sankar: Defense Startups Are Investing Private R&D Capital Over Cost-Plus Contracts
“You now have a Palmer Luckey. You now have hundreds of founders and entrepreneurs that are back on the playing field with wildly heterodox ideas that are not just being yes men to what the program offices are asking for, but actually investing their own capita…”
Shyam Sankar Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 5:45 Mobilizing the American Industrial Base
Apr 23, 2025
Insight
Brose: Defense companies shouldn't rely on government for technical solutions
“I will always be interested in the government's definition of its problems but I'm not going to necessarily believe that they know what the right solution to that problem is.”
Christian Brose Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 4:55 The Kill Chain: 2025 Edition
Sep 27, 2025
What-if
Boyle: Anduril wouldn't exist without Oculus and Palmer Luckey's gaming obsession
“Because Andrel would not have happened if not for Oculus. Oculus would not have happened if not for Palmer's obsession with gaming, right?”
Katherine Boyle Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 1:09 The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1
Jun 19, 2026 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Musk, Karp, Luckey, and Huang are today's great communicators
“If you watch what Palmer Luckey does, or if you watch what, you know, Alex Karp does, or if you watch what Elon does, or if you watch what any of the great communicators do, like, that's what they're doing. You know, I'd say put Jensen in the, in that rank, yo…”
Marc Andreessen Jun 19, 2026 ▶ 6:02 The Media Game Has Changed
Jun 22, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Jake Paul: Anti Fund consulted Palmer Luckey's team on defense deal
“One of the companies we invested in like a defense tech, we just like hit up Palmer Luckey's team and we're like, yeah, what do you think of this group? So always referencing our network for the certain categories of things that we're working on, and that's pr…”
Jake Paul Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 1:01:08 Jake Paul on Going From YouTube to Boxing to Investing | a16z ft. Anti Fund
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