Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale Breaks Down How It All Began
Mar 3, 2026•Channel
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Published4 months ago
Duration1:56
Video IDUCWOD9WMQrE
Languageen
CategoryEntertainment
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeYouTube Short
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Views6.5K
Likes227
Comments12
Engagement Rate3.70%
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Comments per 1K views1.86
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Patrick Bet-David sits down with Joe Lonsdale to break down how Palantir Technologies was born in the chaos after 9/11. Before Palantir, they were fighting off Russian and Chinese cyber criminals at PayPal. Then 9/11 hit, and the government was spending $38 billion a year collecting data… but still failing to stop attacks. Working alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency, they realized something wild: Silicon Valley was light-years ahead of Washington. The newly formed United States Department of Homeland Security was disorganized. Money was being spent. Civil liberties were being questioned. And nobody seemed fully in control.