Anduril - The Startup Reshaping Geopolitics

[@franklinsosa67]

The quality is high, but I can't stop thinking that I was shown just a really long piece of marketing...

[@shantoakter3124]

PR

[@vikramgogoi3621]

Yup. They claim that this company is a big deal, but all they have is one successful product. So they just filled it with hollow marketing words and really basic stuff.

[@stevechance150]

Thank you Frank! You just saved me forty minutes of my life.

[@Tripple_Threatt92]

Gotta admit when you see some compelling marketing

[@stiffmeistercharlie1758]

Proof this is marketing: 40:45 “anduril’s technology keeps the world safe”. I would value some honesty. It’s about making the US’s dominance insurmountable, thereby keeping Americans safe. Not the world. Palmer says this here: 40:10 “we can only prevent wars if we make products so overwhelmingly good that people think they can’t possibly win against them.” This does not prevent wars. It simply means that only the US can start wars. Again, I won’t begrudge an American for wanting this, but don’t try to take the moral high ground by lying. I know a lot of Americans aren’t happy with the warmongering of their government. Please understand this is the new face of propaganda, saying the same lies: “the world will be safer when we can dictate foreign affairs.”

[@afterthesmash]

Wonderful production, but closer to a pitch deck than a critical analysis.

[@testboga5991]

Yep, the bullshit is strong in this one

[@tonywilson4713]

Yep just a slightly more articulated version of the typical media beat-up we see so often these days. If this company starts to make any real progress they'll just get bought out by one of the existing big military manufacturers.

[@njdarda]

it's because that's what it is. i'm not saying that Anduril is malicious or anything, but this their promotional material.

[@learnallican3627]

Ya I think they paid him

[@tonywilson4713]

@@njdarda You've hit the nail on the head with so many of these videos on YT. Most times they have people on who are fundamentally pitching and investment opportunity or a product for sale. I just saw this yesterday for a video on educating by computer software for aircraft maintenance. Yes it has some advantages but its NOT going to replace teaching as the sales pitch suggested. If you see any story on any technology and the words "game changer" are used then your scepticism should start screaming inside your skull.

[@MarkWilliams-ix1qf]

I worked in the defense industry for two years as an electrical engineer. It was a big company, and had many retired military in management who were mainly lobbyists. They had no technical training or ability. They had contacts in the military procurement agencies, and their job was to promote the company and its products to the military decision makers. That's why I left, corruption. I worked in private industry thereafter, and it took about half the people to do a project in half the time compared to the bloated defense company. That's the problem with big defense companies, no hustle. The know they are the only game in town, and they bleed the defense programs dry. Many projects did not complete, and others took much longer than planned and went way over budget. We need to foster agile startups in the defense industry to move forward better.

[@MrRstovall85]

What a complete waste of taxpayer money

[@langmod]

What company?

[@TipsForComputerInterviews]

As an electrical and computer engineer what you think are the best segments of engineering right now and near future?P

[@rrrt01]

Hah, raytheon maybe?

[@pizzadoe7922]

How can anyone be surprised when the Pentagon can't even pass the audit? The video is wrong. US spent less on R&D, not because defense budget shrunk. The budget has always been top priority. The problem is the military industrial complex found a trick to milk taxpayers with old wares. Why innovate hard when you can make ton of profit from selling existing inventory? After all, all these Lockheed Martin and Raytheons answer to their shareholders first over anything else.

[@qhilipgaming6573]

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune

[@MW-me7vn]

You better become a blockchain evangelist then because it’s our only hope. Technology isn’t going anywhere, nor are the men.

[@Xavier-uknonada]

Good movie. Both old and new versions

[@115xXzombieXx115]

​@@Xavier-uknonadalol it's also a book!

[@englishoak69]

@@115xXzombieXx115 6 books by Herbert and 17 by others since to be exact

[@bensondiabeatech470]

​@MW-me7vn Men are going somewhere into the dirt, as shown by all the history of all political religions.

[@Ajv516]

This 42-min commercial about Anduril brought to you by Anduril.

[@stevetennispro]

I didn't know John Coogan changed his name to Anduril. ;)

[@trickslies844]

Oh look another "genius" start up tech billionaire with a a terrible haircut and goofy clothes. Wonder how long it will be before this one go's under or gets arrested for fraud. Though I suppose aiming for the one industry in the world know for underdelivering might have extended his lifeline

[@JoeRogansForehead]

@@stevetennisprohe works for the founders fund though ? It’s literally a conflict of interest

[@stevetennispro]

@@JoeRogansForehead From what I could Google, Founders Fund was only responsible for 'seed money' for Anduril's startup. Are they still supporting Anduril monetarily in any way? If so, then I would say there is a conflict of interest. If not, then I don't see a problem there.

[@AriseInGondolin]

Andúril, meaning "Flame of the West" in Quenya (Elvish language) was the sword reforged from Narsil. The sword that Aragorn wielded in the Return of the King. The symbol of the company is based off of the pommel of that sword as seen in the movie adaptation. Another interesting thing is Palantir. Named after the Palantíri, the seven seeing stones that could be found in Middle-earth at one pont or another. They were the only direct and instant form of communication and ability to see far away things. This was used by Saruman, Sauron, and Denethor. Sauron used the stones to turn their greatest fears against them, manipulated them into believing there was no hope and driving them mad. The company symbol resembles a Palantír at rest upon its holding place. Interesting choice of company names and symbolism. J.R.R. Tolkien would have absolutely loathed their company's use of his works and bastardization of the symbolic meaning behind them.

[@KingBobXVI]

Yep, I was reached out to by one of their recruiters to a dev position, and as a Tolkien fan, the bastardized use of Tolkien's lore kind of pissed me off. It's subtle for someone who isn't into LotR lore, but a western military contracting company being named after "the flame of the West" is a particularly jingoistic spin that yes, Tolkien would have hated. The bit in this video about how they just drew the logo on the whiteboard like they just came up with it out of nowhere - like, why wouldn't they be honest about the obvious there? Like yeah, this is in general a fluff piece intended to make them look good, and does a fine job of doing so, but that pretty inconsequential lie calls into question their other statements.

[@SpliffMeister3000]

Deciding what Tolkien would have loathed while theyre doing big things ie oculus and helping american defense. weak d energy if there ever was.

[@AriseInGondolin]

@@SpliffMeister3000 He actually wrote about his opinions on the matter. So, applying anything related to his work to defense contracting would have actually really pissed him off. At least know what you're talking about before making assumptions.

[@AriseInGondolin]

@@KingBobXVI It's always a good day when a fellow fan defends Tolkien's good name.

[@squamish4244]

He would have indeed. Although I think he would be rather flattered by the degree to which LOTR has infiltrated popular culture in good ways too, and how much it affects people's lives, especially when they read the books/see the films as a young adolescent. So there's that side of it as well.

[@unicornlord5559]

Privatizing war and pretending it's actually peace is a work of art. Great video... great company... I guess

[@treeinafield5022]

"trying to prevent WW3" more like, "trying to profit from WW3

[@ILaunchNukes]

​​@@treeinafield5022 "What profit?" -after the nukes fly

[@ltenclavesoldier9280]

I want a world war

[@Fatvod]

So the way to prevent war is to have no defensive or offensive capabilities? I'm sure china or Russia will just stand by if we do that!

[@Adventurin_hobbit]

WWIII NO ONE CAN STOP IT

[@JuanOchoa]

Techbros+Military Industrial Complex. What could go wrong.

[@sladoeii]

The actual question is "what could go right?"

[@PrettyRynyk]

Jews would sell these technologies to Israel's greatest Ally, China.

[@kabangukabangu2529]

Their approach reminds me of "Operational Mathematicians" during the second World War. Mathematicians and academics were deployed with units to statistically study techniques and recommend best practices. Charles R. Shrader wrote a book on this

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Interesting, haven't read that book. will need to pick it up

[@egemensentin]

@@JohnCooganPlusThe modern field is called “Operations Research”, subsumed under industrial engineering.

[@stevenowens4511]

A related book is "Blackett's War", same basic topic. The birth of operations research.

[@explorinator]

Operation Research they teach this to us in engineering over here.

[@daltanionwaves]

Technology develops in leaps and pauses on an exponential curve. Trends that are unintuitive to the human mind. Meaningful advances are taking place nearly yearly, especially in materials science and technology. If you follow this curve backward in time, you will find these same incremental steps taking decades during the time of America's founding, multiple decades over the prior 4 centuries, once per lifetime over the prior millennia, once per several centuries over the prior 3 millennia, and further back you will eventually come to noticeable generations of stone tools separated by increments of 10,000 years, things like clothing, habitation, pottery and the vague but still measurable cultivation of plants and animals happening in roughly 50,000 year increments, the fundamental stone tool groups diversifying in 100,000 - 250,000 year increments, rope and fire 250,000 to 1,000,000 years... And even less intuitive than this, the great multiplicity of discovery, simultaneous independent discovery, disappearance and rediscovery with the ebb and flow of the advance, and decline, and advance, of human tribes, civilizations and cultures... My only hope in terms of futureology is for the open source, democratization and proliferation of honest, uncensored AI to tip the direction of society's evolution towards a new age of enlightenment, scientific discovery, human rights, freedom, liberty, wealth and human (and worldly) flourishing... Because the current trajectory towards increasing centralization, authoritarianism, the mass commercial consolidation and reemergence of the super-conglomerate robber barons, along with the decreasing freedom, liberty & wealth of citizens, conversely proportional to the increasing fascism in Western governments, like a new globalist replica of the national *Socialist* regimes in the lead up to WW2, which is currently also replicating the political and religious persecutions of that era, pointing us unambiguously towards the same false flags, atrocities, and society-wide tragedies of the WW2 and post WW2 eras. When the massive super-state regimes become this powerful, it seems inevitable that they come into direct conflict with each other, and the subsequent rebalancing of world power at the cost of their key domestic resource -human lives. And there is no quantity of human lives as a resource they won't eagerly throw into the fires o f W a rrrrrr 🔥🫣 Like throwing handfuls of matches into a bonfire. For the purposes of foreign policy, citizens are a Free, renewable resource. As every adult man knows, having registered with the compulsory selective service after turning 18, in exchange for not only nothing, but debt. We've actually been burdened with debt, paid for in our decreasing wages via the mechanism of inflation, in exchange for registering for the draft, to be called up for any conflict so desired by the absolute geniuses, selfless & virtuous geniuses, the literal best among us, in politics and the administrative state.

[@OracleofBODE]

I'm actually watching to learn how Anduril move from startup to Government contractor....it takes lot of self determination to achieve such fit....I promised myself to stay focus and always find opportunities this days then work on it like my survival depend on it

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Glad you learned from this!

[@HylanderSB]

A friend of mine was working on a predecessor of the sensor tower for the Army over twenty years ago. It was supposed to have IR vision, scan radio frequencies, listen to sound and detect vibrations in the ground. I have no idea if it ever got made though.

[@amariner5]

We used tech like that in Viet Nam...

[@nutsackmania]

LOL you mean putting sensors/antennas on a tower? I do that at my house.

[@HylanderSB]

@@nutsackmania Not a tower so much as a movable unit that could be placed and removed quickly.

[@riddob6716]

Really good video man, easily one of the best pieces of content I've watched this year, on the level of Netflix documentaries

[@wesj1064]

Super unique insight Mr Coogan. Hate the military industrial complex as a whole but appreciate a home grown "prime" coming of age video to give us info on how this industry works and where it's going as the future unfolds. More please?

[@JohnCooganPlus]

yeah that's totally fair. I think the best case scenario is that Anduril makes the world safer AND helps reduce the military budget / break up the military industrial complex. That would be a huge win.

[@pin65371]

@@JohnCooganPlus I think building out the fire fighting tools would be important as well. Having drones flying around looking for fires and then being able to deploy drones that could do a lot to prevent big fires. Get to the fire quick so hopefully you can stop it before it spreads. You would also be able to fight those fires 24 hours a day. They can run completely off of gps location and sensors.

[@dtrostli]

Truly insane how good your videos have gotten!

[@arkyark8]

Probably started receiving US government funding to keep doing propaganda vids like this.

[@allemagneproducer]

​@@arkyark8 look at chris chappell, is like "low budget"- but well done - content aswell but also he has an entire team. Writers, editors and while he takes activity in these tasks too, hes basicslly more only the moderator in front of the camera. But its rather propaganda by accident xD

[@HappyKatze]

The editing skills has improved so much lately and holy hell I enjoyed this type of format style. Hope you do more of these style and interview in the future.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Thanks! I'm scheduling a bunch more interviews right now. I want to make a video like this for every cool tech startup in Silicon Valley. There isn't really a lot of content like this out there.

[@andyc9902]

​@@JohnCooganPlususe more maps when talking about geo politics.

[@lynth]

It's literally a popular KZbin channel turned US military/government psyop. This video is promoting a literal weapons manufacturer. Also note all the anti-Chinese propaganda they churn out. Typical. People funded by the US government and WEF, etc. get all the same funding from the same teams (look at Johnny Harris, his videos look highly similar and he's a paid agent promoting anti-Chinese nonsense, too, Tom Nicholas made a great video called "Johnny Harris: A Story of KZbin Propaganda").

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

A breathtaking documentary and a fantastic company. In my opinion strong defensive and offensive capabilities are vital to avoid all out war.

[@mharley3791]

Interesting video, tho it felt like an infomercial and less like a documentary. I know you’re working with limited resources, but would have loved to hear what their competitors, and their customers actually think and challenged some of their claims. Of course their going to paint everything in a rosy light, they have a product to sale.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

this is a fair criticism. I'm hoping that as I build my brand, I'll eventually be able to pull in more voices. Most of their competitors wouldn't sit down for an interview if the framing is "video about history of Anduril" - I did try to include quotes from other sources and people who have been critical of Palmer / Anduril over the years. Going to try and focus on broader topics eventually where I can pull in people from a bunch of different sides to help tell a bigger story.

[@______________________6111]

I think this is one of your best videos to date I really enjoyed it although I can see and understand how some people might think there are some commercial qualities to this presentation I think that is secondary to the message and the production quality so thank you. Well done.

[@marciplan]

Thank you for doing the disclaimer. It's awesome you read the feedback and take it serious @John Coogan

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Yeah, it's an on-going process. Hopefully it makes for a great video in the end!

[@NuanceOverDogma]

It's mostly propaganda for shallow people

[@micosstar]

yay for the disclaimer,​⁠​@@JohnCooganPlus!

[@7EvanPAC789]

​@@JohnCooganPlusBlessings

[@Dumbledore6969x]

@@NuanceOverDogmahow’s the weather in Moscow comrade ?

[@Amcchun]

What an amazing video. It really opens your eyes up to the gravity of geopolitics and potential future conflicts. This just highlights how important defense start ups truly are because the defense primes are not innovating but just taking gov money which puts the US and allies at risk. Anduril has some amazing people working there and the work they're doing is so important. Best of luck to them.

[@Modenut]

I wonder what Tolkien would say about all these company names...

[@aromaticsnail]

Considering Tolkien WAS on a war and it was a traumatizing experience which influenced his works, I'd would imagine he wouldn't give 2f's about the names but he would be very concerned with this type of decelopments

[@davidzheng7568]

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." - Faramir

[@flickwtchr]

@@davidzheng7568 So you are asserting this company won't be involved in developing purely offensive capabilities? Is that what you are asserting here?

[@davidzheng7568]

@@flickwtchr I'm merely bringing up a relevant quote Tolkien wrote in response to Modenut's question. What your analysis of his quote is or whether you even think he agrees with his character is up for interpretation. I'm not asserting anything.

[@WellHiddenTreasure]

​@@flickwtchreven if the buildup is only of impenetrable defensive capabilities, it will lead leaders of the nation to think that they can meddle in affairs without consequences.

[@MrStarTraveler]

"There are still people in the world who want to use large scale violence to achieve their aims" - Yeah the US! 🤣

[@qjtvaddict]

Bingo

[@user-nm9qd6bo6h]

invasion of iraq comes to mind

[@065Tim]

Don't mention Russia, that wouldn't be edgy.

[@MrStarTraveler]

@@065Tim All Russian invasions (including the current) are US provoked! CIA uses identical template tactic: Manipulates elections, installs puppets in the gov, commands them to assume aggressive posture against their neighbor Russia. The US puppets escalate the situation - Russia invades. Everybody sees Russia as an aggressor but nobody sees what the CIA did before that.

[@TheGoodContent37]

​@@065TimHoe about the US first and Russia second and China third. Are you confortable with that? The axis of evil right there. Or you think the US is the hero of the world, hahahaha.

[@GhettoAceTypeBeat]

I love this channel, always informative. I hope you make some videos that focus on the tech-healthcare space too, a lot of exciting activity in that industry too, some of which also intertwines with defense and geopolitical interests.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Definitely going to broaden out beyond defense now. Have a few friends running healthtech companies that would make for good videos.

[@haveaniceday7950]

@@JohnCooganPluswhich companies?

[@morgan1719]

Fanboi "oh, me love your videos!" It's an infomercial promoting a weapons industry startup. "Anduril may prevent the U.S. from having to go to war. Uh.. by arming the most rabidly aggressive country in the world. This is why we named our company after a fantasy story" Really can't watch this without laughing because these guys saying this stuff while struggling to keep a straight face. And did I hear them say we'll go to war to stop China from reuniting with Taiwan? These guys should do stand up comedy.

[@FranzDCIII]

@@morgan1719 More than China?

[@conroybogle3713]

This presentation shows the adaptability of even large bureaucratic places like the U.S. and also a good point on regarding thoughts and words which had humble beginnings.

[@zee4265]

15 years Active duty military here, I’m very interested in a career with this company after this video. Sounds like they have their mind in the right place.

[@ko-Daegu]

profiting from war hell ya boi

[@Ergzay]

@@ko-Daegu Weapons are about preventing war from happening in the first place. War is the final option when diplomacy fails. If you have no weapons you are a pushover that encourages people to invade. Russia THOUGHT Ukraine was a pushover and invaded. If Ukraine had been made more visibly strong, Russia never would have invaded. Weapons help show that and encourage diplomacy to solve problems rather than making it look like violence is the easy way out.

[@e4arakon]

@@SuperiorMind thats unfair towards ergzay, he could know the context and just leave it out and/or frame the situation suitable to his worldview. No need to assume he doesn't know ^^

[@tanuki88]

Cut too all the wars the US started for political/finacial gains 😅

[@Black-Peter]

sounds like a scam

[@mggmuggins]

A truly sick look at the inside of the military industrial complex. Agree with others, this watches like a sales pitch, not a critical analysis.

[@JOHNSMITH-ve3rq]

This is the best ad for a weapons company I’ve ever seen.

[@moboxgraphics]

@7:59 that looks very familiar...

[@thegill44]

0:37 "there are still people in the world who want to use large scale violence to achieve their aims" - citizen of a country that has been at war for 230 out of 247 years of existence

[@turboleggy]

Pax Americana read it and weep

[@myronplatte8354]

Anduril isn't reshaping geopolotics, they're just helping the US play catch-up.

[@jimh472]

If you honestly think China is ahead in anything other than copyright infringement you're deluded

[@itzakehrenberg3449]

Catchup? Naw, Chinese tech is bullshyte.

[@myronplatte8354]

@@itzakehrenberg3449 I'm talking about Russia. Russia has hypersonics, while the US does not. Russia has much better kill chain integration than the US, because they saw the need for it long ago. Russia's air defense is better, their air force is way more resilient. Russia is miles ahead in electronic warfare, as well. Russia has a counter to EVERY threat that NATO can pose. By comparison the US is powerful, but just not up to snuff.

[@janmes2315]

@@myronplatte8354 they can’t even counter Ukraine

[@myronplatte8354]

@@janmes2315 ...they are countering Ukraine. Are you living under a rock? The Ukrainian counteroffensive has made practically NO gains while losing tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of armoured vehicles. Russia doesn't need to gain territory right now. The Ukrainian armed forces are doing a great job of putting themselves in the line of fire of Russian artillery and helicopters. The RF has taken very few offensive actions in the last months, although that may soon change. And don't forget that Russia's ENTIRE military budget is a less than the value of the military aid sent to Ukraine by a lot. And Russia is not using nearly their whole budget or their full capabilities in the fight. They need to keep some abilities hidden in case of a confrontation with another superpower.

[@ericbush1544]

It is a prehistoric drone war… whichever military evolves the capabilities of drones will be dominant. It’s weird, because these drone capabilities may actually increase the possibility of nukes being used.

[@dwiz0075]

Did Lucky Palmer write this?

[@514-d6w]

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson, Portal 2

[@MayuriK_it]

Really interesting video, I wanted to find out about this company and now I'm satisfied: well done!

[@collinE83]

I knew Palmer back when he was modding game consoles and started Mod Retro and been a fan of Soylent since if first came out and gave everyone really bad gas. 😂 This video came across my feed and what a funny collision of two things I’m a huge fan of.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Hahahah Palmer and I actually both raised money from the same VC (Chris Dixon at a16z) but hadn't met until this interview. Fun crossover!

[@collinE83]

@@JohnCooganPlus Small world. Great video.

[@tomsaltner3011]

It is quite sad to see how relatively bright people turn their Orts to destroying other people instead of developing something creative.

[@kilikdudley]

@@tomsaltner3011haha, you act like war is avoidable. War is necessary for societies to cycle. The have nots devour the powerful at the end of every cycle. A strong defense is the only deterrent to greater damage. Palmer is being considerate of the reality of our situation.

[@coltonschropp1]

@@kilikdudley it's odd how critical so many are of Lucky and Andurils efforts as if this innovation isn't something we need. Only a truly privileged person living in peace can so greatly underestimate the inevitability of war returning to our door step.

[@wrighteously]

This is some great advertising, was convinced for almost the entire video that it's genuine material, it's not. Anyways, great job on the advertising, seems interesting enough.

[@honestreviews6723]

The behind the scenes work that John Coogan is doing on behalf of venture capital is becoming interesting.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Thanks, it's been fun being properly inside the venture capital world for the last few months. Very interesting seeing how things really work and explaining how these businesses get built. Thanks for watching!

[@lynth]

It's literally a popular KZbin channel turned US military/government psyop. This video is promoting a literal weapons manufacturer. Also note all the anti-Chinese propaganda they churn out. Typical. People funded by the US government and WEF, etc. get all the same funding from the same teams (look at Johnny Harris, his videos look highly similar and he's a paid agent promoting anti-Chinese nonsense, too, Tom Nicholas made a great video called "Johnny Harris: A Story of KZbin Propaganda").

[@sandworm9528]

​@@JohnCooganPlushow do you pitch companies like Anduril, do you do it for free and just keep the ad rev or do you charge them for the content as well

[@brianv1988]

I was just watching the new release of the roadrunner interceptor and couldn't believe it was real so I looked up the company and I'm actually very impressed with the stuff they have came out with and I already have achieved this company is a definite to be on the lookout for really innovative technology especially their AI lattice

[@ANDYST245]

Government can blame Palmer and Anduril when hard to detect nuclear drones go missing/wash up on beaches or it turns into Skynet. Palmer also has Sam Bankman-Freid vibes,working with government to facilitate Americans into accepting CBDC's.

[@2MinuteHockey]

How is CBDC different from credit cards and bank accounts?

[@ANDYST245]

@@2MinuteHockey I'm not a financial expert and there is plenty of info out there answering your question.The short answer is more control especially when integrated with digital ID's,social credit scores and facial recognition plus whatever else is in the pipeline.

[@2MinuteHockey]

Nothing you just said is exclusive is either existing or CBDC systems There is equal control in both and "social credit scores" exist regardless, it's called spying for a reason CBDC would just be more cost efficient @@ANDYST245

[@kilikdudley]

Biased and conspiratorial, although I bet you dog on “conspiracy theorists”. Palmer seems to be shaking things up rather well. You want status quo?

[@eucompsa]

How do you only have 300K subs WTF?! Content is worthy of 3M at least

[@Master-ng9uj]

Choice video. I'd say do Palantir, but I think they've already been pretty well covered (edit: including by you, which I'd already watched, LOL). More deep dives into similar companies would be awesome, but I'd like to see the same done for companies I've not heard of/much about in other areas like healthtech, nanotech, fintech, robotics, foodtech, cybersecurity etc.. - preferably companies that are publicly listed, or likely to have an IPO soon, so I can build my paper portfolio :P

[@lynth]

It's literally a US military/government psyop. This video is promoting a literal weapons manufacturer. Also note all the anti-Chinese propaganda they churn out. Typical. People funded by the US government and WEF, etc. get all the same funding from the same teams (look at Johnny Harris, his videos look highly similar and he's a paid agent promoting anti-Chinese nonsense, too, Tom Nicholas made a great video called "Johnny Harris: A Story of KZbin Propaganda").

[@eleghari]

Two of the founders happen to be from Palantir.... interesting 🤔

[@ogbillity]

This is next level work. Cant thank you enough.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

thanks a lot! it took a long time to put this together but it definitely feels like a new milestone!

[@havencat9337]

dude...stop spreading hate and conflict, the world needs a bit more...look what a mess we are in@@JohnCooganPlus

[@jonathanstearns5587]

Great video. Very well done. I didn't know anything about Anduril and was interesting to see them attempt to disrupt an industry coined as a "complex". Very encouraging to see the story.

[@delanym]

"And if they're successful they may prevent USA from going to war" the f u talkin about 😂

[@JoseTorres-ry9qe]

Submarinal drone swarms could hunt and overwhelm enemy subs, especially if they have forward-deployed charge stations that allow them to lurk and patrol in a forward area for extended periods of time

[@tomsaltner3011]

That is just another loop of arms race. Swarms will just fight each other. Not so smart to throw huge amounts of money at it, especially when other countries can build drones cheaper and faster

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

If everyone has swarms of drones then we are basically back in a Cold War

[@sizwesokopo281]

RIP the whales

[@nicktubby9710]

Cold War 2 is infinitely better than World War 3.​@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster

[@qet-lab]

The founding team was impeccable.Kelly Johnson would be very proud .

[@treeinafield5022]

"trying to prevent WW3"... More like "trying to PROFIT off of WW3"

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

EXAcCCcccctly.

[@Ergzay]

You guys are so silly. If WW3 happens money is gone. No one's gonna try to profit off of it.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

Both are correct.

[@johnlamela4982]

Even more than that… in theory, the company can make more money selling to two waring nations …and fight itself …while killing no humans

[@marcelma]

This is one of the sickest KZbin videos I have ever watched! Do you have any idea where you are putting your attention and effort to? Go, watch the documentary about Oppenheimer, to get at least a vague glimpse of what you involve yourselves in. - No, this is to hollywoody, it won't bring you out of your immaginary bubble. - But let's cut to the chase, you have found another exciting way to make a lot of money and the circumstance that other people have to pay the bill for that won't even register on your screen.

[@JusticeNDOU]

saying palmer is trying to prevent world war 3 is far fetched

[@bigdoze172]

War is inevitable. Grow up

[@ko-Daegu]

@@bigdoze172 why tell him this thou ? the video moved from Palmer securing border cuz they wanna prevent war to them building actual flying bombs to prevent war it's just calling the hypocrisy

[@bunnypeople]

​@@bigdoze172no it's not

[@nobstompah4850]

​@@bunnypeople war is more than guns and bombs. it's inevitable.

[@anotherstockcivic]

WW3 is inevitable, he's just trying to make sure we're not destroyed by it

[@brendan8915]

Brilliant production and coverage. Thanks.

[@tordenskjold5514]

You don’t stoop to amaze me! Keep on with the good journalism and grate videos! ❤

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Thanks!

[@eriksonyw]

As an American Chinese growing up in HK, I wanna say a few things after watching this. 1) Hats off to Palmer and his team for these great new technologies, as long as AI won't become God ruling above us. 2) I don't wanna see a hot war between my 2 home countries because it's like seeing mom and dad fighting against each other. Can we please peacefully co-exist. 3) As we should all know by now, Hawaii was illegally annexed by the U.S. (you can Google, CPT, or go to Library of Congress to find proof). Should we give original Hawaiian people their democracy and self-determination? If the U.S. wants to support Taiwan, should the U.S. correct its own wrong first instead of being hypocritical? May I propose a deal between the U.S. and China to allow both Hawaii and Taiwan to become independent countries??? Please leave your comment below, and thumbs-up so that more people will be able to see this post and add their comments. Food for thought! Thank you world!

[@valentinov901]

the thing with hawaii is that there isnt a strong independence (or at least self administration) taiwan definetly has a stronger sense of self administration

[@eriksonyw]

@@valentinov901 The thing is US government will never let the voice of Native Hawaiians grow loud. For example, a space observatory has been built on a mountain top in Hawaii despite numerous protests. Most of the protestors have been arrested. Besides, U.S. can simply relinquish control of Hawaii if it has the will to right a wrong, yet it will never do so. Time to let go of all these colonized Islands. The Brits too are illegally controlling the Diego Garcia. Even UN has already declared it as an illegally occupied territory by UK.

[@dogwithamug]

These people talking about their motives... are either lying or incredibly naive. What a dangerous game they play...

[@BluestarP3D]

High quality content for sure. Giving us the insight on what and how things are going on this world from difference perspective is great. Seeing what Anduril is doing to protect and build the US defense and offense is quite mesmerizing and genuinely intriguing. Even in a world where all people want is peace, that want alone is not going to change the mindset, wants, and the actions of those who want more power, stopping at nothing to achieve that. People will sit there and argue the stance and participation of the US on this planet. The most widely spread thing I have seen from the opposing side of the US conflict participation is complete hypocrisy. They start off saying that the US should not be part of a certain conflict, then when they see people dying and being annihilated, no matter the side, they want the US to go in and break things up a bit. They get all bitter about it like a child, hating that participation occurred, after screaming for the US to help. It's all over and widespread. Whether it's the middle east, INDOPACOM, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine. It's endless. The other argument I see that coincides with the same aspect is whether or not the US should be involved with helping it's allies. There's a reason alliances exist. The same people arguing that the US should not participate in a conflict while their ally is getting pounded on; are the very people who are willing to create an unfair fight in the street that should've been a 1 on 1 brawl. Winning is winning, no matter the ways used. If the US needs to help their ally defensively, they will. End of story. That is why you see the US presence outside Taiwan, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. That is why you see the US everywhere on a military scale. I believe in the Anduril mission going forward, now that I know more about the mission statement and what they have done and continue to do. To those saying that Anduril is only looking to strengthen the US specifically did not watch the whole video, as it clearly shows that they were part of the Ukraine/Russian war since week two. To those saying that Anduril will make life rougher for those outside of the US... Well, that's a perspective viewed from outside of the US. We are a country that allows immigration into it's land. If you see this as propaganda, then you're saying it's bad to be a nationalist. If you're saying it's bad to be a nationalist, than it's probably against your view to remain part of any standing society, as every single nation, has it's own law and practices. If you do find a country that aligns with you, perhaps immigrate to that country instead, and not drag down the citizens and the progression of the country you reside in. If you're already in a country that fits your alignment, than perhaps you should mind your own business and enjoy the life you currently have. Why actively go seek out and argue with views that don't align with yours, pushing your ideas, thoughts and views on others? Are you not busy and happy with where you currently reside? Perhaps some re-evaluation is required.

[@Wyatt333]

This was so good, like Frontline/60 minutes level production and story telling. How big is your team? So well done.

[@lynth]

It's literally a US military/government psyop. This video is promoting a literal weapons manufacturer. Also note all the anti-Chinese propaganda they churn out. Typical. People funded by the US government and WEF, etc. get all the same funding from the same teams (look at Johnny Harris, his videos look highly similar and he's a paid agent promoting anti-Chinese nonsense, too, Tom Nicholas made a great video called "Johnny Harris: A Story of KZbin Propaganda").

[@almerindaromeira8352]

Lacks the tough questions. He let's them speak their narrative without opposition. Otherwise really nice video production.

[@tashfiqmannan]

the founders fund is his team

[@anubisystems]

This is an outstanding video, thanks for sharing!

[@Phtang-phtang]

Great video. Super informative but done in such an engaging way. Well done 👍

[@Erniej]

Amazing mini doc, thank you for these John

[@psaswin]

Thank you John ❤ this is all I wanted ❤❤

[@danielmac9838]

this video was so well put together - well done.

[@Trdosrcnez]

I watched the video and there was not a single word about a startup trying to prevent world war 3 ... yet, it was a video about a startup helping to facilitate it.

[@stunn5762]

As a lotr fan I´m insulted that a weaponsystem developer calls itsel Anduril...

[@transvestosaurus878]

Anduril are a weapons manufacturer, part-owned by Peter Thiel's Palantir (the global surveillance company) and Elon Musk.

[@themodfather9382]

We know

[@Lyralikesit]

So Zuck is the one that unleashed this beast on the earth

[@Marcus-Lim]

I’m so glad the people reassuring us that they’re not creating skynet look like bond villains 26:04 💀

[@t4iga121]

For how high quality the rest of the video is, the audio quality in the studio is substantially lacking with that bloated echoy low end. Maybe a switch of microphone could help, maybe doing more voice over in a sound booth

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

There is no defense weapon you can build that won’t appear to be offensive to the other side.

[@theopinionatedbystander]

I’m so glad to see this video, and to know this company exists. I’ve been saying for years that drone swarms are the biggest risk to safety, whether China (or anyone) sends a container ship with a few containers full of drones and without docking could swarm a prime city such as New York, or London, or any “price city” that lies within drone distance from non docked, or even from international waters. These containers can be on any ship, heading to any country. And it should be known that a thousand dollars has a shipping container clear customs in China.first even “non government actors to achieve this”. The sentry system of this company needs to have full shore systems for detect and kill sentries. Ok. I can rant on. But the dangers that this company has some focus on is exactly where the future will war. I think the attempt to take Taiwan will be like a D-day landing, where every boat China can muster will be carting drone swarm capability.. Taiwans sky will be black from drones. China doesn’t care to take over the semi conductor fabs, it just has to cut the world’s supply of chips. The economic disaster from this will crush many economies. And the CIA should be sitting in Yiwu China (and similar locations), watching for the shift in purchasing habits.

[@theopinionatedbystander]

@@AIR-Dmnshn lmao.. non so blind as those who can’t see.

[@theopinionatedbystander]

@@AIR-Dmnshn here's a clue . Einstein, Galileo, Freud, Ukraine conflict etc. These people don't "read the book", they write it. A book is a great place to get buried in "yesterday's knowledge".

[@theopinionatedbystander]

@@AIR-Dmnshn imagine, if Elon musk decided all his ideas were only relevant if he found them in a book. Reusable rockets,? Not possible. Profitable EVs?, nope.. building cars like you would a toy di-caat?, how stupid. He should have read more books and done it the same as everyone else. Keep reading.. while others"DO".

[@ErikPelyukhno]

I really like the guy Palmer Luckey. He’s got such a sharp mind, I love how he genuinely loves to engineer

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Yeah, he's a great engineer, but he's also just so damn entertaining!

[@EE-mo8wy]

If this video is not worth a sub, I don't know what is! Subscribed!

[@TGStamfordPark]

Found this video seriously interesting and well put together - great job 👍 🇬🇧

[@td8445]

Sadly great small companies like these get bought up by the "big guys" for their advanced technology and product line.

[@iamyoda66]

Silicon Valley is literally swarming with one-trick pony's that made a lot of money off of an initial good idea. Kinda like one hit wonders in music. Palmer Luckey is one of those...

[@dolphin069]

Nope. They have defence contracts worldwide.

[@davidmarkmann6098]

You could not be more wrong.

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

I should have known from your appearances on pirate wires that you make amazing content.

[@kennethcassel]

Loved the vid John! Would love to see a deep dive on other hard tech companies (some i think would be interesting, Solugen and Helion)

[@Vgallo]

What they dont mention about Chinas navy is it’s completely useless in an actual fight, the ships they built cant travel fast or far, so whilst they might have a large navy and the Capabilities to build lots of them- it’s not a very effective navy, in fact there’s serious questions on whether most of Chinas technology will actually hold up in the field and how much of it is actually posturing.

[@CeBePuH]

As a Ukrainian, thank you so much for your lifesaving help!!!

[@ДанилоЧумак-щ5э]

++

[@kimanidavid8468]

Your content is always topnotch am surprised you have less than 500k subs should be more than 10m.

[@olisd4512]

is this a Paid documentary/advertising?

[@jeffreyhughes7107]

Oh my goodness ! Megan Milan’s “vocal fry” is over the top.

[@JakeWitmer]

My takeaway from this is that: 1) It's terrifying and depressing to see smart people join the illegitimate war on property rights (the "war on drugs") as if it were legitimate. (FWIW: The drug war fails under "just war" theory.) 2) Anduril is likely to outpace and outperform the existing MIC (military industrial complex), and their thinking incorporates many of the ideas found in Daniel Suarez's books: Daemon, Freedom(TM), and "Kill Decision"

[@vaidphysics]

So much talent. So many resources. All dedicated to making killing more efficient and cost effective. Does nobody else see the problem with this?

[@georgebrantley776]

Well, someone somewhere is gonna be making this tech. Better it be us than someone who isn't us.

[@captainalex157]

So you dont think being able to defend yourself against expansionist countries is important? Would you like to live under chinese or russian rule? see how they treat their citizens..

[@tanweeralam1650]

I used to be an outdoor kid...then I discovered computer and I became am an Indoor kid😂😂🤣

[@georgemiller151]

Videos like this exemplify how Anduril knows how to market itself in a way that the old defense dinosaurs don’t understand.

[@himikotoga3947]

As i have said for years. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

[@TeddyLeppard]

Isn't Anduril still a privately held concern? If they are publicly listed and their stock is available via stock exchange, they might be a good bet.

[@aboucard93]

My only issue with Palmer Lucky is his connection to the far far right. I watched one of his interviews were he kept alluding to the replacement theory

[@davidmarkmann6098]

No he is cool

[@SirFrancisBaconn]

Absolutely dystopic presenting this company in what is effectively a sales pitch.

[@maxwalker1159]

Awesome group of guys, makes me proud to be Aussie hearing about AUKUS supporting our American cousins as well!

[@johndewey6358]

What a fantastic company and leadership. This is exactly the type of thinking and industrial leadership that we need. I hope our government and military leadership are listenning to this company.

[@thicktankrider]

Anduril is basically a NPC engineer company

[@roberthubbard5696]

Just an ad for a startup. Getting hard to tell ads from technology articles.

[@Iamwolf134]

Regardless of politics, software is becoming the future of warfare.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

true

[@tomsaltner3011]

…but is warfare the future of humanity?

[@MetalMrJohnny]

As the subject of autonomous submarines arose I remembered this game called Cyberpunk 2077 in which global sea trade had been grinded to a halt. A company developed an AI to build mines and sabotage rival shipping lanes. At some point the AI couldn't distinguish who was who anymore and started labelling everyone as a threat. Humanity collectively abandoned shipping via sea.

[@rustyshackleford2841]

Every millionaire wants to be the next Tony Stark. Welcome to the new millennium.

[@newolde1]

Yeah kinda, but unfortunately the incentives are power and money, not values. It's ass-backwards. It's a global dog eat dog competition. Talks of peace are guised dominance. Humans are getting scarier and scarier.

[@tedarcher9120]

Not everyone can really make it

[@dankasscrow6121]

This is by all means a promotional video for Anduril.

[@roberthernandez5802]

Its good to see someone go into an established landscape and not only fit in but find there jiche and grow it out

[@Glenn.Cooper]

This did feel like an extended Anduril commercial, but was very well presented -thanks!!

[@tommeier1888]

This is like watching a video made by the CIA

[@blakerobinson8370]

wouldnt be half wrong...palentir had seed money from the CIA.

[@blo7332]

Why do all these dudes look exactly alike?