May 27, 2026 · 43 min · 13 segments
Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a global software company…
Joe LonsdaleGuest
Jack AltmanHost
If you, like, took, like, the normal path without AI and, like, things we were building and knew we needed to build and, and, like, assume we need to build, we're, like, taking the 2030s and 2040s and we're, like, packing them into the next [laughs] two or three years.
... and gonna put them into the end of the decade and the start of the next decade.
You're one of the most interesting people to me, and, um, I love a lot of the work that you've done, and so really excited to chat and learn with you.
One of the things I want to start with is I kind of put you in this category of people who are both investors and founders, like, the real way.
You've, you've started companies that you then, you know, become chairman, some you've worked for a long time on.
I'm just sort of curious, like, what's the mindset that you approach company building, company investing with? Like, where do you start when you think about doing-
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If you, like, took, like, the normal path without AI and, like, things we were building and knew we needed to build and, and, like, assume we need to build, we're, like, taking the 2030s and 2040s and we're, like, packing them into the next [laughs] two or three years.
... and gonna put them into the end of the decade and the start of the next decade.
You're one of the most interesting people to me, and, um, I love a lot of the work that you've done, and so really excited to chat and learn with you.
One of the things I want to start with is I kind of put you in this category of people who are both investors and founders, like, the real way.
You've, you've started companies that you then, you know, become chairman, some you've worked for a long time on.
I'm just sort of curious, like, what's the mindset that you approach company building, company investing with? Like, where do you start when you think about doing-