DARPA

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 24, 2022 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 15 times in 6 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Dec 24, 2022 neutral
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Chamath: Early fusion requires government funding before private handoff
“I think there is a point in time. Where private startups can take the last 20 or 30%, but I think about this like the internet, which is you needed DARPA to build V-one, and then it could be handed over to private industry. And I think fusion, when we look bac…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 54:11 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
Sep 17, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Ovitz: Peter Thiel originally self-funded Palantir alongside a small DARPA investment
“And he put a ton of his own money into Palantir. He had no investors. He had a small investment from DARPA.”
Michael Ovitz Sep 17, 2024 ▶ 11:50 Michael Ovitz | All-In Summit 2024
Mar 6, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Emil Michael: DARPA is using synthetic biology to extract critical minerals
“One of the things that they're working on that's public is they're trying to use biology to synthesize critical minerals.”
Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 1:18:31 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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