Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
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Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#2Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#3Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?
No, this was this dork's trajectory the whole time.
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#4“I felt like there were not nearly enough high-tech companies working on defense problems in a way that was more similar to the Silicon Valley model of innovation rather than a traditional defense contract.” (Luckey)
Is this true (not enough companies applying "SV innovation model" to "defense problems")?
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#5Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?
No, it's just: if you can't provide a solution, there is a lot of money to be made in prolonging the problem. The climate in the U.S. is xenophobic, so there will be dollars to be spent (wasted) on companies who sell technobabble.
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#6Did we create a super-villain by ostracizing him for supporting Trump?
No, it's just: if you can't provide a solution, there is a lot of money to be made in prolonging the problem. The climate in the U.S. is xenophobic, so there will be dollars to be spent (wasted) on companies who sell technobabble.
By technobabble do you mean all the tech companies that claim they are "changing the world" by whatever it is they are doing? I've seen so many "content platforms" that claim to be "revolutionizing" or "democratizing" or whatever other buzzword you like, access to data, when in reality, they're doing no such thing.
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#7“I felt like there were not nearly enough high-tech companies working on defense problems in a way that was more similar to the Silicon Valley model of innovation rather than a traditional defense contract.” (Luckey) Is this true (not enough companies applying "SV innovation model" to "defense problems")?
Sadly, it is true. We aren't creating a dystopia fast enough. We definitely need to do better.
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#8“I felt like there were not nearly enough high-tech companies working on defense problems in a way that was more similar to the Silicon Valley model of innovation rather than a traditional defense contract.” (Luckey) Is this true (not enough companies applying "SV innovation model" to "defense problems")?
The traditional model in the defense sector is:
- Military or gov't produce exact specifications for something
- Contractors bid to create that something
- The end product ends up being the result of macro-management and even sometimes micro-management from the very top, which would be the equivalent of SV tech startups being instructed on what to build by Oracle and Microsoft
But since the military and gov't are open to working with independent parties when said parties come to them with an offer, Anduril and similar companies have more freedom to develop tech as they see fit and then go and sell it to the military/gov't, and judging by this article, with considerable success.
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#9“I felt like there were not nearly enough high-tech companies working on defense problems in a way that was more similar to the Silicon Valley model of innovation rather than a traditional defense contract.” (Luckey) Is this true (not enough companies applying "SV innovation model" to "defense problems")?
A bit of a tangent, but how is the US/Mexico border a "defense" issue? The Mexican military is not planning an invasion. I am unaware of any Latin American terrorist groups threatening the USA.
I am not trying to be pedantic here, but words are important. If the US/Mexico border is a defense issue, then it should be entirely militarized?
Andruil would be most accurately described as a surveillance company, would it not?
Re: Anduril, a startup from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, now valued at $1B
#10“I felt like there were not nearly enough high-tech companies working on defense problems in a way that was more similar to the Silicon Valley model of innovation rather than a traditional defense contract.” (Luckey) Is this true (not enough companies applying "SV innovation model" to "defense problems")?
The traditional model in the defense sector is: - Military or gov't produce exact specifications for something - Contractors bid to create that something - The end product ends up being the result of macro-management and even sometimes micro-management from the very top, which would be the equivalent of SV tech startups being instructed on what to build by Oracle and Microsoft But since the military and gov't are ope…
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