“China’s Cognitive Warfare” - Palantir Co-Founder On Iran Threats, AI PSYOPs & CIA Funding | PBD #751
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Patrick Bet-David sits down with Joe Lonsdale to discuss founding Palantir after 9/11, working with the CIA and FBI to combat terrorism and protect civil liberties, China’s cognitive warfare and AI-driven influence operations, tensions with Iran and potential U.S. military action, venture capital’s role in defense and AI innovation, and rebuilding American institutions through policy and media.
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Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Your Next Five Moves” (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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| 0:00.0 | When you say Palantir to the average person, some is good, some is bad, some is neutral, some are scared. Nobody is angry at you. You might not be doing much. Why do so many people not trust you? Why do so many people not trust Palantir? We have to eliminate probably up to 10,000 terrorists. The fear becomes, what if somebody evil runs it after Alex, then what? What if somebody evil gets a hold of where you guys are building, then what? |
| 0:22.7 | What's scary to me is if the Safari public elects a really, really bad person. |
| 0:27.5 | Who today is your biggest enemy? |
| 0:30.0 | There are like the extreme populace on both political sides. |
| 0:33.6 | So in a situation with a Maduro or El Mancho, is there a possibility that Palantir was involved? These guys were trying to kill Trump. It means that if they're still around after Trump's president, they're probably trying to get him and his kids again. Why was Palantir start? Protect the West against Islamist terrorists. That's truly the mission. That was truly the mission. But is Iran, really Iraq? But a lot of people think it could turn into something like that. And I don't know, maybe this is not appropriate, but I'd be very Roman. So the Romans podcast started with a phone me and Mario. That's it. |
| 1:20.9 | And it grew today to, you know, 15 million subscribers almost and 164 full-time employees. |
| 1:26.1 | And that relationship, are you watching us and |
| 1:28.3 | supporting us wouldn't happen without you but did you know 51% of you that watch the content |
| 1:33.1 | are not subscribed to the channel and it would mean the world to us if you could press that |
| 1:37.9 | subscribe button and notification why it allows us to grow hire more do bigger, have a bigger team and deliver a better product to you. |
| 1:45.9 | So if you haven't yet, if you don't mind, press that subscribe button. |
| 1:50.0 | It would mean the world to us. |
| 1:51.2 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:54.8 | Did you ever think you would make it? |
| 1:57.8 | I feel I'm supposed to take sweet with me. |
| 2:02.6 | I know this life man for me |
| 2:03.2 | Adam, what's your point? |
| 2:04.6 | The future looks bright. |
| 2:07.3 | My handshake is better than |
| 2:08.6 | anything I ever size. Right here. |
| 2:11.3 | You are a one of one? |
| 2:12.5 | My son's right there. |
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