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▶ 17:30 · $ANDURIL · $PLTR · Qasar Younis: Palantir proved defense tech can build a real business, validating dual-use model
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Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins at RAISE Summit 2026: Building Applied Intuition with Qasar Younis & Mamoon Hamid

2026-07-28 · 3 company · 10 thematic
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qasar younis

CEO and co-founder of Applied Intuition, a physical AI platform company; former COO of Y Combinator under Sam Altman during OpenAI's formation; former Google engineer; studied at General Motors Institute; company has raised ~$1B with all capital on balance sheet, 83% engineering headcount, and ~1000 engineers.

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“I think the real credit goes to the Palantirs and then the Andurils who really showed that actually you can build a pretty real business if you do defense.”
—qasar younis
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