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AMD Advancing AI, Google Q2 Earnings, OpenAI Plans $750B Cloud Spend | Diet TBPN Jul 24, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:31 unnamed speaker Crossover, Palmer, Lisa.

Jake Paul Thinks We'll Live Forever Jun 18, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:41 Jake Paul I think going big with bigger checks into growth stages in companies that we believe in with the best founders, you know, you don't bet against Palmer, Lucky, Elon, Sam, the big names like that and getting to fast DPI, you know,

Snap SPECS, Taste Labs Timeline Turmoil, AI Execs at G7 | Diet TBPN Jun 18, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:45 unnamed speaker Palmer Luckey has a collection of augmented VR glasses.

Microsoft Takes on Frontier AI with Project Solara, OpenClaw, and More at Build 2026 | Diet TBPN Jun 3, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 18:20 unnamed speaker Uh, Palmer Luckey's back in the VR business. 4 times in the scene

IPO Giga Boom, World’s Fairs of the Past | Diet TBPN May 22, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:45 unnamed speaker I listened to too many shows with, with Palmer Luckey where he talks about, uh, the, the capability of an Iron Man suit potentially just ripping you apart, and so I would be a little afraid, uh, but I might give it a try.

SpaceX IPO Date, ChatGPT x Personal Finance, Sanders & AOC vs. Data Centers | Diet TBPN May 15, 2026 · 1 mention

Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN May 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:44 unnamed speaker We've seen it with Jensen, Steve Jobs with the black turtleneck, Palmer Luckey with the, uh, with the Hawaiian shirt.

Swatch & AP Collab, Cerebras Boosts IPO Price, Trump to Visit China | Diet TBPN May 12, 2026 · 3 mentions

FULL INTERVIEW: Alex Epstein on The Oil Market’s Biggest Geopolitical Threat Mar 10, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:29 Alex Epstein Maybe the worst thing they have, and this is a change in recent years, and I, you've had Palmer on here, and Ethan on here, like, the drone thing is just a total game changer, because you can have a small vehicle, you can launch one of…

The Remarkable AGI Predictions of Daniel Gross Mar 5, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 44:54 unnamed speaker Yeah, I think that's why Palmer has been trying to message around the blockade specifically as being like a line in the sand, because that's somewhat of an abstract concept, because if a blockade happens, um, it could be very bad, it could… 2 times in the scene

Anthropic v. DoW, Paramount wins WB, OpenAI raises $100B | Diet TBPN Mar 3, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 11:45 John Coogan A lot of people were like really, really keen on boiling down the, uh, the, the, the terms to like these two like buzzwordy lines and Palmer Luckey did a great job explaining like how complex these
  • ▶ 20:14 Jordi Hays Uh, heading over to Palmer, he says, this gets to the core of the issue more than any debate about specific terms. 2 times in the scene

FULL INTERVIEW: Ben Thompson on Anthropic v. DoW Mar 2, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:37 Ben Thompson Unilaterally imposing restrictions, even if those restrictions are good, isn't just an issue as far as who rules us, the democracy issue, that sort of Palmer Luckey, I think very eloquently raised.

FULL BREAKDOWN: Trump BANS Anthropic Mar 2, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 13:11 John Coogan The, the terms to, like, these two, like, buzzwordy lines, and Palmer Luckey did a great job explaining, like, how complex these terms are.
  • ▶ 29:44 Jordi Hays Uh, heading over to Palmer, he says, this gets to the core of the issue more than any debate about specific terms. 2 times in the scene

Datacenter Protests, Paramount WB Bid Clears Key Hurdle, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN Feb 21, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:26 Jordi Hays Between now and when the Palmer interview ends, you have to write 500 words.

The AI chip squeeze, Dirty Soda mania, OCC approves Palmer Luckey’s Erebor | Diet TBPN Feb 7, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 29:39 unnamed speaker That one is for Trevor, Palmer, and the whole team. 6 times in the scene

Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN Feb 3, 2026 · 1 mention

Siri needs an App, OpenAI Acquires health startup Torch, Claude Cowork reactions | Diet TBPN Jan 14, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 28:05 John Coogan Let's read through this, uh, back and forth between Tim Sweeney and Palmer Luckey, because they're going back and forth. 5 times in the scene

OpenAI Sets Sights on $750 BILLION Valuation Dec 19, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 27:00 unnamed speaker And Palmer just quote tweets them into the stratosphere by saying alpha ton is lying. 5 times in the scene

Ford PULLS BACK EV Investment Dec 17, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 7:28 Jordi Hays And Palmer new coinage alert. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:19 Jordi Hays Look at the way that Palmer responded to that journal piece about how Andrew roll had a fire at one of their test sites, right? 2 times in the scene

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen live on TBPN Oct 21, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:03 unnamed speaker Uh, you have a lot of stuff going on on that end, but then you also have Palmer Luckey kind of

George Hotz Goes OFF | Tweet Reactions Oct 16, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:01 unnamed speaker From Palmer Luckey and Joe Lonsdale has been approved.

Alexis Ohanian on TikTok's Frozen Innovation, Gaming Reddit & Sports vs AI Oct 13, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 23:52 Alexis Ohanian We're very lucky to have busted with Torrin and Palmer, and it is, I am an unabashed gamer. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 29:22 Alexis Ohanian Here's another one, uh, you know, that I think the Palmers of the world will be thinking about is if you're focused on consumer electronics, like consumer hardware,

Weekly Recap: Mark Cuban, Kanye’s Wild Mansion Makeover, China Heads to the Moon, Money in Clipping Aug 23, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:53 John Coogan Of course, uh, first created by Palmer Luckey at Oculus, sold into, to Meta and Facebook, um, and now rebranded as the Quest.

Weekly Recap: Casey Neistat, OpenAI Cracks Math, The Future of ChatGPT, Apple x F1, Intel Layoffs Jul 26, 2025 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 1:52:06 Casey Neistat Do you want to talk to Palmer about it? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:56:02 Casey Neistat And, you know, my understanding of Mod Retro, at least what I want it to be, and I think what, what, what Palmer and, and what Torin also want it to be, is like, let's identify 5 times in the scene

CASEY NEISTAT on Why Analog Is The Future Jul 25, 2025 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 4:00 Casey Neistat Do you want to talk to Palmer about it? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 7:57 Casey Neistat And, you know, my understanding of Mod Retro, at least what I want it to be, and I think what, what, what Palmer and, and what Torin also want it to be, is like, let's identify 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:37 Casey Neistat And Torrin and Palmer's, like, religious obsession with matching that screen was one of the hardest things to overcome. 2 times in the scene

Weekly Recap: Tesla Robotaxi, Mr. Beast's AI Tool, Yacine, The Social Network 2, Neuralink Update Jun 28, 2025 · 5 mentions

Weekly Recap: Elon's Starship Explodes, OpenAI's Defense Contract, Nvidia's Robots, We Test Cluely Jun 21, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 27:37 John Coogan It's just, it's just a unique situation because we, we know of Palmer Luckey because of Oculus, the product in many people know of Cluey because of you and the, and the viral stunts that you've pulled.
  • ▶ 53:10 John Coogan Like, I'm pretty sure that he's, he died more than a hundred years before Palmer lucky was born.

How to Win in the Age of AI and Autonomy | Shyam Sankar on TBPN Apr 28, 2025 · 1 mention

Building GPUs Is Easier Than You Think | Aaron Ginn on TBPN Apr 26, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:37 unnamed speaker But hasn't, hasn't Palmer talked about, you know, basically-

Why the Moon Matters More Than Ever | John Gedmark on TBPN Apr 26, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:37 unnamed speaker We've heard, uh, from Palmer Luckey that, uh, you know, every boat that's built in China needs to be able to be built to military specs.

The OCEAN Is the Next BATTLEFIELD | Shane Arnott on TBPN April 7th Apr 10, 2025 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 9:22 Shane Arnott So truth be told, it all started with, uh, with Palmer. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:13 unnamed speaker I think Palmer mentioned that it can detect biological creatures too.
  • ▶ 15:05 unnamed speaker You, you mentioned that, uh, the underwater domain is the hardest from a cost perspective, but Palmer's been talking a big game about doing subterranean warfare and tunneling. 6 times in the scene

Delian Asparouhov on Defense Startups, NASA, Continuing Resolution and More Apr 1, 2025 · 1 mention

Lulu Cheng Meservey on Founder Mode, Attention as Currency, and Building the Future. Mar 25, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 11:32 Lulu Cheng Meservey And so if you're someone who's already a household name, like if Palmer Luckey went silent for a while, it'd be fine because people know what he's about.
  • ▶ 19:29 Lulu Cheng Meservey You sometimes see people like, um, online LARPing as Palmer.
  • ▶ 28:09 Lulu Cheng Meservey And if you don't, don't try to LARP as Palmer lucky and find the fights just so that you can have something to beef over.

Investing in the Future and the Importance of Science Fiction Mar 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 9:04 John Coogan Yeah, I mean, you think about, uh, uh, Palmer with Oculus VR coming from Snow Crash.

Jake Adler on Raising $3M to "Make Soldiers Heal Faster and Think Smarter". Mar 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 9:34 Jake Adler So, um, the first thing I mentioned, I, you know, I think, I think Palmer actually said this, which is that, uh, you know, he, he doesn't, he hasn't really invented anything new because a lot of these concepts are already in sci-fi and,…

Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism. Mar 15, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 7:03 Trae Stephens Yeah, I mean, the long history on the, uh, integral side of things is that obviously when we, when Palmer and I started ruminating on this company back in 2017, uh, the obvious question that everyone asked us is, are you going to build… 6 times in the scene

HUGE Humanoid Robots Funding for 2025 ($40 BILLION) Feb 25, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:20 unnamed speaker And we saw, uh, Lockie's company.

Defense Tech vs. Silicon Valley Feb 19, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:35 unnamed speaker Oh, uh, we, you know, and, and oftentimes, you know, you saw Palmer on, uh, 2 times in the scene

He's Making REAL LIFE Super Heroes! (Palmer Lucky) Feb 12, 2025 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 0:04 unnamed speaker Palmer Luckey announced on X this morning that Anderil is taking over IVAS and we don't have time for business as usual. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 4:41 unnamed speaker So to me, this is like, basically, this is probably a, uh, this is clearly a product that Palmer and the rest of the team have wanted to build forever.
  • ▶ 6:22 unnamed speaker and I asked Palmer, Hey, like, like you're like the perfect guy to do this project. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:10 unnamed speaker And so it's a perfect example of like why you need Palmer in here.
  • ▶ 17:38 unnamed speaker And so I'd be interested to hear how Palmer and Trey and the rest of the and roll and Matt and the rest of the annual team are thinking about what is, how does this new, um, you know, sort of, uh, augmented reality, VR, I don't know,…

The Future of Defense Technology Jan 30, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 24:05 unnamed speaker Is right next to an airstrip, and, uh, and the, uh, Palmer was talking to, uh, I think Ed Ludlow at Bloomberg in this interview, and saying, like, oh yeah, we're right next to an airstrip, so we can, like, and one of the advantages, and Ed… 2 times in the scene

New Hypersonic Weapons Funding Jan 30, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:02 unnamed speaker And we've seen videos of Palmer doing this in the desert in a, uh, in a wonderful Hawaiian shirt, uh, and Castilians clearly made that part of their strategy as well.

What Open AI Got WRONG Jan 30, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:20 unnamed speaker I mean, Palmer, Palmer just cited that in a post that we'll go through later.

DJI Suspicions, Stargate Turmoil, OpenAI Operator, F40 for the Mind Jan 24, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 41:10 John Coogan Uh, and then, uh, Palmer in 2020 is starting to think about DJI and how military drones will kind of play out. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:09:53 John Coogan Well, no, no, the original anvil just has, uh, just a weight in it, and so it's purely kinetic, and this is the whole story with Polymer figuring out how to shoot down DJI drones, electronic warfare, takeover, and what he realized was that…

The END of TikTok? Jan 18, 2025 · 2 mentions

What's Happening at SONOS (Total Disaster) Jan 16, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 48:49 John Coogan Maybe don't chicken out this time at scientist at Palmer Luckey. 4 times in the scene

The Businesses Making $$$ off Disaster Relief Jan 16, 2025 · 5 mentions

Insurance Companies Explained (How they actually work) Jan 13, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:09:53 John Coogan Like what happened with Anderle where it was like three Palantir guys, Palmer Luckey who had no experience in defense, but is like this crazy engineer.

The US GOVERNMENT Files (Time for the Truth) Jan 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 29:54 John Coogan And so like, I think that this is the Palmer lucky thing with everyone's working on defense now, like it's fine.

Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso) Jan 9, 2025 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 1:28:33 John Coogan But it really is true because, uh, Dustin at Asana is a big, uh, big Democratic donor, and obviously Palantir, I mean, Karp's actually a Democrat, but Andrew Roll, Palmer, kind of same thing.
  • ▶ 1:46:09 John Coogan Let's go to Palmer Luckey. 6 times in the scene

The END of Ski Season? (E26) Jan 7, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 59:37 John Coogan Palmer Luckey's latest device, the Chromatic from Mod Retro. 2 times in the scene

Year of Tech in Review (ep25) Dec 31, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 19:40 John Coogan You could look to your left and see like Palmer or Carmack or whoever, whoever I would get to interview about the history of VR. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 36:19 Jordi Hays Um, that's what Palmer is doing and Trey are doing in many ways.

CHRISTIANITY: Why it's making a comeback (ep23) Dec 17, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:14:32 John Coogan Timeline and turmoil, because there's been a number of these where it's been like, okay, we're breaking down J Cal and Palmer

How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20) Dec 11, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 41:48 Jordi Hays It was probably an easy bet just because Palmer was involved, and, uh, uh, but, but yeah, their sales have been fantastic.

Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18) Dec 6, 2024 · 11 mentions

How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17) Dec 2, 2024 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 58:57 John Coogan Uh, Rune has a little bit of a spicy post here, says, it's not at all impressive of the old FB executives to apologize to Palmer, et cetera, in 20, 24, now that it's politically expedient. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:35:57 John Coogan Uh, Palmer Luckey going to war against TechCrunch. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:58:51 Jordi Hays Oh my god, I need, I need Jason and Palmer just 2 times in the scene

Election Betting Gone WRONG (ep15) Nov 26, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:29:39 unnamed speaker But Palmer too. 6 times in the scene

FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14) Nov 23, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:50 John Coogan I like that he's giving us, but a copy of the agenda listed remarks by several tech billionaires, including Anderle co-founder Palmer Luckey and venture capitalist Mark Andreessen, who spoke about his support for deregulating technology.

How to Spend a Trillion Dollars Fast (ep13) Nov 21, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 24:09 John Coogan Palmer Luckey actually said that he was thinking about doing, uh, private prisons before starting Anderle. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:28:54 John Coogan But it's hard because Dworkesh is so focused on AI, and Lex, occasionally, I mean, he had the cursor founders on, but he hasn't, I don't think he's even had Palmer Luckey on.

Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12) Nov 19, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 1:28:59 John Coogan And he posts two pictures that describe how, uh, Palmer Luckey, the founder of Mod Retro and Anderle, 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:45:37 John Coogan oh, he's got the Palmer Luckey fit on, which I love.

Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9) Nov 14, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:22:50 John Coogan Yeah, like, like, and are all very much a premade in the sense that you have Palmer, but then you also have, like, three Palantir executives.

Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8) Nov 12, 2024 · 1 mention

The Secret Billionaire Party (ep6) Nov 3, 2024 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 18:59 Jordi Hays Uh, I liked, uh, Palmer's tweet. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:18:50 Jordi Hays Yeah, the, the, the example that pops into mind immediately is, is, is Palmer, obviously, but, like, Parker Conrad is the same thing, and, like, yeah, 10 times in the scene

The "Switzerland of AI" is Crazy (ep3) Oct 14, 2024 · 1 mention

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