Palmer Luckey On The Military Of The Future

Anduril's Palmer Luckey comes on the pod to talk about the future of war, China versus the US, his exit and peace with Zuck and Meta, ModRetro and much more. Subscribe to watch more Core Memory videos    / @corememoryvideos   Check out our podcasts    / @corememorypodcast   https://www.corememory.com/podcast Find Ashlee Vance at www.corememory.com   / ashlee.vance   https://x.com/ashleevance Chapters 00:00 – Palmer Luckey on drones 02:16 – Founding Oculus VR 04:06 – Mod Retro Game Boy project 07:01 – The sold-out Chromatic 08:57 – Oculus and Facebook fallout 10:22 – Fired for politics? 12:33 – Partnering with Meta again 14:29 – The IVAS military contract 16:46 – Call of Duty goggles for real 18:31 – Eagle Eye helmet explained 20:06 – Working with Meta and the Army 22:18 – Reconnecting with Zuckerberg 24:41 – Open-source AI for defense 26:02 – Trump era and tech shift 28:14 – Tim Cook and China dependence 34:17 – Eagle Eye prototype ready 38:27 – AI guardian angel helmet 43:45 – Apple Vision Pro vs military AR 46:15 – Made in America manufacturing 49:09 – Scaling up Eagle Eye 52:31 – Advanced helmet materials 56:58 – Arsenal One factory in Ohio 01:05:04 – Tariffs and U.S. industry 01:10:43 – U.S. vs China tech race 01:23:28 – The next Cold War? 01:45:24 – Palmer’s parenting philosophy