#171 Palmer Luckey - Superhuman Soldiers, AI Missiles and Exoskeletons in Warzones

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 38.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 231 minutes

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Palmer Luckey is an entrepreneur and innovator best known for founding Oculus VR and Anduril Industries. In 2012, he launched Oculus VR and developed the Oculus Rift, a groundbreaking virtual reality headset that redefined a wide array of industries. The company was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, where Luckey subsequently worked until 2017. Following his departure, he founded Anduril Industries - a defense technology company specializing in autonomous systems including drones, surveillance towers, and aircraft. Anduril has secured major contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and international allies. The company has raised significant funding, including $1.5 billion in 2022, valuing it at $8.5 billion. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: http://armra.com/srs http://helixsleep.com/srs http://patriotmobile.com/srs http://hexclad.com/srs http://ziprecruiter.com/srs https://ROKA.com | Use Code SRS Palmer Luckey Links: Anduril Industries - https://www.anduril.com/ ModRetro - http://modretro.com/ X - https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/ Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Palmer Lucky. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. I'm so incredibly stoked to be here.
0:18.3	I'm pumped to have you here. It's so different when it's not on a screen.
0:21.8	Yeah. Do you watch it? Do you watch a show?
0:23.8	So I don't watch podcasts regularly in general, but I've seen years from time to time.
0:28.2	Of course, I had to tune in for Trump.
0:30.2	Yeah.
0:31.1	And it's just, it's, it's a, you know, I'm a virtual reality guy. And so I understand the difference between things that's on a flat screen versus 3D,
0:40.1	but it's just so cool to be here in person.
0:42.8	Oh, thank you.
0:43.5	Thank you.
0:44.0	We'll do the next one in VR.
0:45.4	Well, teach me how to do it.
0:47.2	I would love to be the first one to do that.
0:49.0	I'll set it up.
0:50.1	I'll set it up.
0:51.2	Right on. Yeah, so we, you're a tech titan, and we had Joe Lonsdale on a couple months ago.
1:00.0	Amazing human.
1:01.6	Amazing human.
1:02.3	And people should just know my bias.
1:03.8	Joe was one of the first investors in my first company, Oculus.
1:06.8	So back when I was a teenager, he put millions of dollars into my company at a time where very few people did.
1:11.7	This was his last VC firm Formation 8, which has now kind of evolved into 8 VC.
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