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Steven Glinert

πŸ‘€ Speaker
239 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Okay, great.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Now we have to go to Malaysia and get a package.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

By the way, all the OSAC guys, the packaging guys in Malaysia, are owned by Chinese companies.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

The other place you can get a package is China.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

But now you need the materials to do the packaging.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

You need the specialized materials.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And fundamentally, the United States...

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

It's just unprofitable for many, most countries in the West to make the ceramic material because I don't know company in the United States is going to accept that margins.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

There's like really low margins.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

The screw factory.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

But so what I keep going back to is, okay, you want to solve that?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

You got to go to Mexico where someone will be able to get, will accept those little margins.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And if you blow up the relationship with Mexico, you can't do that.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

So like you want to build ships for military scale?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

You can't do that unless you like build relationships.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Can I go back?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

I feel like I'm going to be a broken record for a moment, but like, good example.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Pax Silica is this initiative by the State Department.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

It's a very intelligent initiative.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Jacob Paulberg is running it, and he's very intelligent.