Shyam Sankar - Celebrating Heretics - [Invest Like the Best, EP.462]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Published
- March 10, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 21m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 5, 2026
Discusses investing.
Summary
My guest today is Shyam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir Technologies. In this conversation, we explore the ideas that shape how Shyam thinks about technology, talent, and national power. We discuss the origins of Palantir’s forward-deployed engineering model and the lessons he learned from Alex Karp about identifying people's "superpowers". We also talk about…
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Show notes
My guest today is Shyam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir Technologies. In this conversation, we explore the ideas that shape how Shyam thinks about technology, talent, and national power. We discuss the origins of Palantir’s forward-deployed engineering model and the lessons he learned from Alex Karp about identifying people's "superpowers". We also talk about Shyam’s fascination with the "heretics" of American history, the unconventional builders who challenged bureaucracy and created many of the sy
Themes
- investing