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▶ 29:02 · Advanced Manufacturing · Factory is the weapon: Software-style continuous iteration and vertical integration needed to revive US manufacturing

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▶ 29:02 · Advanced Manufacturing · Factory is the weapon: Software-style continuous iteration and vertical integration needed to revive US manufacturing

episode shorts · 4

What are Shyam-isms?

How Shyam Sankar Created Palantir's Forward Deployed Engineers

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Why Shyam Sankar joined Palantir

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Factory is the weapon: Software-style continuous iteration and vertical integration needed to revive US manufacturing

Modern manufacturing marvels like SpaceX and Tesla prove America can manufacture differently; the path forward requires co-locating R&D with production, biasing toward vertical integration,…

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