Ben Horowitz
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you know, we need help with particularly to industrialize.
So in Mexico, they do have really good, you know, high-quality manufacturing expertise.
In some ways, you know, I think the cars that come out of β the American cars that come out of Mexico are better than kind of the kind of Chinese manufacturing on many fronts.
So they do have talent.
They are partners.
They want to work with us.
We need to help secure that country because, you know β
It's a border, but it's not a thick border.
It's a thin border.
You know, we have a lot of people vacationing down there and whatnot.
And so that's a real thing.
You know, similarly, Japan, you know, they've always loved robots and they're really good at manufacturing.
And, you know, we have a big deficit on the kind of robot supply chain.
You know, we're working with them at the same time.
They just went from 0% of GDP to 3% of GDP spent on defense.
We have a lot of defense companies.
Their interests and our interests are very aligned when it comes to China.
So I think there are some great opportunities, you know, both kind of for us as a firm, our companies, and then the country and working with allies around the world.
Well, kind of what you lack as an entrepreneur is power.