They also get into AI agents, the future of data work, the reinvention of business intelligence, whether white-collar jobs are really at risk, and the fight over Anthropic, defense tech, surveillance, and government power.
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Chapters:
00:00 The Republic Feels Broken
00:34 Palantir Myth vs Reality
01:27 Intro: Barry McCardel
01:49 Why You Can’t Short Startups
03:04 Is Palantir the Deep State?
04:04 Palantir’s Real Business
05:19 The 9/11 Origin Story
07:50 Forward Deployed Engineers
09:17 Giving 25-Year-Olds Power
13:16 From Field Hacks to Products
14:53 The Contour Story
17:45 Hex and “Cursor for Data”
21:25 Why Dashboards Fail
24:00 AI and Data Analysis
30:50 Best AI Models Right Now
31:16 Agent Hype Check
31:44 Why Hex Sells Seats
32:21 Enterprise Pricing Reality
34:47 Will AI Kill Jobs?
36:19 Where AI Productivity Shows
37:51 Coding Agents Reality
39:36 Engineers vs Product Managers
41:36 Tech and Defense
42:45 Government Gray Areas
57:08 What VCs Get Wrong