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20VC: Anduril Co-Founder on How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | What Happens Between China vs Taiwan, Israel vs Palestine, Russia vs Ukraine | How Software Changes War & Why TikTok Should Be Banned with Matt Grimm
11 Nov 2024
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Sean McGuire said on the show that Iran is the greatest evil. Do you agree?
Yes and no. Who is? China. So if you think about the mindset of the PRC, I think their approach to basic human rights, I think they're conducting of an ongoing genocide. With their Uyghur population, I think their approach to free speech, to political assembly, to religious freedom are fundamentally antithetical to how the West values human life and how we think about human rights.
Should TikTok be banned in the US? 100% absolutely yesterday, if not years ago.
I do not think we could have a more well-versed or appropriate person for this incredible discussion today. Welcome to 20 Minute VC, and I'm so excited to welcome Matt Grimm, co-founder and COO at Anduril Industries. Anduril is an American defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems.
To date, Anduril has raised over $3.7 billion, with the latest round pricing the company at a whopping $14 billion. Before Andrewal, Matt was a principal at Mithril alongside Peter Thiel, and before Mithril, Matt was an early hire at Palantir, where he was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure US forces had the best technology for the mission.
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