Mike and Jake host Varda Delian Asparouhov, Founders Fund

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Show Notes

(00:47) intro

(05:00) Varda’s connection to Palantir and Anduril 

(06:22) Varda’s origin story

(08:58) how to find a co-founder

(11:42) why drugs

(13:23) naming the company

(15:39) the space capsule

(17:08) Falcon 9 launched into space

(19:00) why Ritonavir

(22:19) patent a space drug?

(26:47) stuck in orbit?

(28:27) how it comes back to Earth

(30:20) how the Air Force became a customer

(33:40) China’s hypersonic news

(34:23) Varda’s Air Force STRATFI contract

(37:14) Varda’s mission

(39:17) Silicon Valley and Congress

(42:48) Defense tech investing

(47:31) lightning round

(56:00) outro