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Joseph Lonsdale

Co-Founder, Palantir

Search every verified Joseph Lonsdale interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Joseph Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir and managing partner of 8VC, has been active in media discussions on artificial intelligence, defense technology, and government reform. In interviews and public appearances, he argued that the U.S. maintains a competitive advantage over China in AI innovation, citing the country's ability to avoid excessive government interference. He expressed skepticism about lawmakers' capacity to regulate AI effectively, stating that the U.S. should rely on being "less authoritarian" rather than having a smarter central government. Lonsdale also said he does not see existential risks from AI in the near term, while advocating for companies to bear liability for potential damage caused by their systems, particularly in areas like cyber and bio. Lonsdale has also discussed his investments and views on the defense industry, praising companies like Anduril for outperforming traditional defense contractors and highlighting efforts to reindustrialize America. He commented on federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration, noting the government's smallest size since 1960, and expressed support for using AI to expose fraud and improve transparency. Additionally, he said the U.S. should ensure the TikTok algorithm is not controlled by ByteDance or individuals in China, calling this a significant mistake in the country's competition with China.

Recent appearances

  • Genius CEO Reveals AI is Doing $1 Trillion in Office Work

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale

    Eric Glyman is the co-founder and CEO of Ramp, the finance platform doing over two billion in annual revenue and growing over 100 percent year per year. How did a company built on the promise of helping customers spend less become one of the fastest-growing AI businesses? What's Eric's unique approach to managing small teams of exceptional talent? And what does Ramp’s view into corporate spend reveal about AI adoption and where the economy is headed? Before Ramp, Eric and co-founder Karim Atiyeh built Paribus, a “prehistoric AI agent” that scanned inboxes and secured price-drop refunds on c…

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  • Palantir Founder Joe Lonsdale Warns Lawmakers Could Break Innovation With Premature AI Regulations

    October 12, 2026 · 📺 Brian Kilmeade

    Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale expressed strong skepticism to Brian Kilmeade about the ability of Washington lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence effectively. Lonsdale argued that the United States' competitive advantage lies in its ability to avoid government interference rather than having a smarter central government than global rivals like China. Lonsdale urged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to remain less authoritarian to ensure they do not "break things" in the rapidly advancing tech sector. #foxnews FOLLOW THE PODCAST Apple: https://apple.co/49IhkSV Spotify: https://o…

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  • Legendary Investor Helps Trump Drain the Swamp

    October 08, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale and University of Austin (UATX)

    Scott Kupor is the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and has achieved some of the most important reforms in DC in only a couple years. How has he reduced the size of the federal government for the first time in generations? How is he bringing merit back to the civil service? And what is he doing to incentivize and make it easier for our best minds to serve in government? Before joining the Trump administration, Scott was employee number one at Andreessen Horowitz. As Managing Partner, he helped build it into one of the world's largest venture firms. He's also the author of…

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  • We are way ahead of China in terms of innovation, Palantir’s co-founder says

    October 07, 2026 · 📺 Fox Business Clips

    Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale discusses the significance of the Trump administration’s shipbuilding investment on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ #fox #foxbusiness #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #theclamancountdown #joelonsdale #lonsdale #palantir #anduril #china #usnavy #navy #military #defense #innovation #technology #shipbuilding #nationaldefense #trump #donaldtrump #america #manufacturing Subscribe to Fox Business: https://bit.ly/2D9Cdse Watch more Fox Business Video: https://video.foxbusiness.com Watch Fox Business Network Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX Business Net…

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  • Inside Anthropic's Biggest Fear About AI

    October 02, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale

    Anthropic is one of the fastest-growing companies in history and sits at the forefront of the AI race. This week, we're joined by two key leaders on Anthropic's technical team — Sholto Douglas and Nick Marwell — for an inside look at the AI frontier. Are we on the cusp of AGI — and what does that mean? What are they most excited about and most concerned about? And where does Anthropic stand on open source, as well as criticisms of its regulatory approach? Sholto Douglas grew up in Sydney, Australia, where he studied robotics and taught himself Machine Learning research; he went on to work at…

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  • How Trump is Bringing Manufacturing Back to America

    September 29, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale

    Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist. He has been a part of founding more than a dozen ...

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  • 🔴LIVE: 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale and FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Discuss AI and Big Tech Competition | AI1Z

    September 25, 2026 · 📺 News Central

    Reuters NEXT brings together 8VC founder and managing partner Joe Lonsdale and U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson for discussions on artificial intelligence, innovation, Big Tech competition and digital regulation. The conversations take place in Austin, Texas, with Reuters journalists Joe Brock and Jody Godoy. #ReutersNEXT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #Tech #FTC #AndrewFerguson #JoeLonsdale #8VC #Palantir #Competition #Technology #Austin Reuters NEXT, Joe Lonsdale, 8VC, Palantir, Andrew Ferguson, FTC Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, AI, artificial intelligence…

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  • The Tech Giants Rebuilding the US Government

    September 25, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale Clips

    Subscribe for more Joe Lonsdale Clips:    / @joelonsdaleclips   Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist. He has been a part of founding more than a dozen mission-driven companies, including Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and 8VC. Follow Joe on Twitter: https://x.com/jtlonsdale You can find his writings here: https://blog.joelonsdale.com/

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  • LIVE: Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale

    September 25, 2026 · 📺 Reuters

    One of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture investors, Joe Lonsdale has spent two decades building and backing companies across defense technology, artificial intelligence, financial services, healthcare and government software. As founder and managing partner of 8VC, he has invested in companies operating at the intersection of technology, national security and industrial innovation. As artificial intelligence reshapes industries and intensifies competition among companies and nations, policymakers, investors and business leaders are debating how to sustain innovation while addressing con…

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  • Joe Lonsdale on AI: Don't see any existential risk, but hold companies accountable for any damage

    September 22, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Joe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss calls for a slowdown in AI development, whether federal regulation is needed, liability concerns for AI companies, the promise of AI technology, Anthropic vs. OpenAI, Iran war latest, and more.

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  • I Built Palantir. Now I'm Betting On These AI Companies.

    September 20, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale Clips

    Leaders from Cognition, Joby Aviation, and 8VC join Joe Lonsdale to discuss AI agents rewriting how software gets built, hydrogen-powered aircraft, and why adoption is now the real bottleneck. Subscribe for more Joe Lonsdale Clips:    / @joelonsdaleclips   Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist. He has been a part of founding more than a dozen mission-driven companies, including Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and 8VC. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:17 What AI Looks Like In 2028 04:24 An Explosion In Small Businesses 05:49 Why Cognition…

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  • How this Coding Genius Exposed Government Fraud with AI

    September 18, 2026 · 📺 Joe Lonsdale

    Brian Chau is an investigative journalist using AI to uncover widespread corruption and billions in fraud. He recently revealed how the Effective Altruism movement bought and planted AI doomer articles, and he exposed the firm behind the frontier lab hack that's fueling AI hysteria. Now he's breaking his newest story: a $21 billion racial wealth transfer in healthcare payments across 35 states. How is he using AI to uncover stories that no other journalist could find? Why does he believe that AI is ultimately on the side of liberty and transparency? And can AI-powered accountability rebuild tr…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“Speaking of potential waste, fraud, and bean counters and lack of visibility, one day I hope you guys go into the Pentagon because we haven't been able to audit the Pentagon in decades successfully, which is ridiculous to me. So if they ever put me in charge of it, I'll first have to divest, unfortunately, for many shares I own in your company, and then I'm going to insist you come and fix it. I mean, this is crazy. ”

“It's always unclear, you know, back in the day, back when Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel were friends like 2004 or so, I was working with Peter, we were kind of getting Palantir started by helping with a hedge fund, and Reid gave us like a feed to LinkedIn. And I don't remember if we traded on it or not, but we definitely built a backtest strategy using just even the data at that time was very clear. It was very profit”

“I think we're somewhere between 6 to 12 months ahead is that's not it's really hard to know because they're they're going to keep things secret as well, but a lot of companies. Such as pound here such as cognition and others that that benefit more from there being what we call a judge difference here rights of if if there's if there's just one company in the U.S. dominating the French here mall company and they get a”

“The reason America is going to win and be the strongest and wealthiest countries because government doesn't screw things up that these guys are not going to be smarter than the Chinese guys running the government. But what they can do is they could be less authoritarian and operate thing so we've got to hope the frankly dumb people on both sides and break things.”

“There were about 2.3 million people when the Biden administration left and Trump came in. We're today roughly around 2 million. So yeah on a net basis a little bit shy of 300,000. To give you a perspective that is the largest reduction literally since in peace time since 1930. And it also means that the federal government is the smallest it's ever been actually since 1960. What Elon recognized is, I just, I mean, I s”

“We have a fundamental systems problem in the federal government. The incentives are hire more people for every problem. Don't actually hold people accountable. Don't differentiate performance in terms of how what people contribute to it. Never take risk because god forbid you should get a GAO report or inspector general report or you should get a hold in front of congress. And so a lot of what we're trying to do is a”

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