The ongoing battle against the “Awakened Mind Virus” has not yet been “won” despite the existence of… A wave of executive orders From President Donald Trump and Big Tech's shift toward a new commander-in-chief, according to a prominent investor in a software company.
During an appearance Wednesday on “The Will Kane Show.” Joe Lonsdale, who co-founded companies such as Palantir and OpenGov, said Trump's move to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence is “key to unlocking productivity growth” in the United States.
Trump revealed a huge… Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Project On the first full day of his second term. The joint venture between Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle will be a major private sector investment in building data centers to power artificial intelligence in the United States.
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir, told “The Will Cain” that the battle against the “woke mind virus” continues despite the efforts of President Donald Trump. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Fox News)
The announcement comes as leaders of major tech companies begin to secure new relationships with the newly elected president.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk all secured prime real estate. At the opening ceremony.
Lonsdale said that while he doesn't trust the tech giants as much as he can “get rid of them,” people should wait and see if these industry leaders will be willing to fight “courageously” against “bad ideas.”
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President Donald Trump stands after delivering remarks about artificial intelligence infrastructure in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US, January 21, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
“Listen, these people have been living and floating and existing in this part of our society that's awake and virus-infested. There are some really bad ideas that we're still at war against in our civilization. They've invaded our universities, they've invaded our technology companies,” he said.
Lonsdale said it will be interesting to see whether tech leaders continue to embrace Trump, who has signed a slew of anti-DEI and anti-progress executive orders, as he serves his second term.
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Priscilla Chan (left), Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (right) attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the rotunda of the US Capitol in January 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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He added, “Will they join or not? I don't know, but we all have to be careful, and we have to keep fighting this battle. This battle has not been won yet.”
