Anduril CEO: US capital markets are 'thousands of times better,' financing $200B of data centers
a16z · x · 2026-10-22
Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf called US capital markets an underrated strategic weapon — "not 10% better, several thousand times better" — arguing capital allocation should align with national priorities and noting nowhere else could finance $200B of data center investments with basically no real revenue.
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