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Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar Discusses New Book 'Mobilize' on Defense, AI, and Competition with China
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar Discusses New Book 'Mobilize' on Defense, AI, and Competition with China
 ### a16z@a16z
"I think our biggest risk as a country is suicide, not homicide."
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar joins a16z's Katherine Boyle and Erik Torenberg to discuss Shyam's new book, Mobilize, as well as defense, AI, the SaaSpocalypse, and more.
00:00 Introduction
07:53 Rebuilding the industrial base
18:01 Modernizing the Army
24:20 The SaaSpocalypse
29:42 Agency over automation
38:24 Beating China without self-sabotage
40:42 Film as cultural willpower
49:57 The story of Admiral Rickover @ssankar @KTmBoyle @eriktorenberg @PalantirTechShow More
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Mar 20, 2026, 6:07 PM View on X
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a16z announces a podcast featuring Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar discussing his new book 'Mobilize' covering defense, AI, SaaSpocalypse, and US competition with China.
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This tweet announces a new a16z podcast episode featuring Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar in conversation with Katherine Boyle and Erik Torenberg. The discussion covers Sankar's new book 'Mobilize' and explores multiple topics including rebuilding the industrial base, modernizing the Army, the 'SaaSpocalypse' concept, agency over automation, strategies for beating China without self-sabotage, film as cultural willpower, and the story of Admiral Rickover. The tweet includes timestamps for different segments of the conversation.
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