# Shyam Sankar

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Shyam Sankar (Chief technology officer & executive vice president, Palantir) talking, from an interview on The Shawn Ryan Show published Apr 10, 2025.

- Role: Chief technology officer & executive vice president, Palantir
- About: Runs Palantir's technology as CTO, having joined as employee 13 and pioneered the forward-deployed engineering model.
- Company: [Palantir](https://realalpha.app/companies/#palantir)
- On X: https://x.com/ssankar

## What Shyam Sankar said

- [AI helps insurers price more of the business they want](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-helps-insurers-price-more-of-the-business-they-want/)
  The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 10, 2025 · 3 min
  > “AIG just discussed at their investor day earlier this week, how they've used 85 AI agents built in Palantir to automate their insurance underwriting.” — Shyam Sankar · [2:12:41](https://realalpha.app/v/DTG393KqOGc/?t=7961)
- [Deterrence depends on the ability to produce weapons](https://realalpha.app/s/deterrence-depends-on-the-ability-to-produce-weapons/)
  The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 10, 2025 · 4 min
  > “The deterrent is your ability to produce the stockpile.” — Shyam Sankar · [1:24:16](https://realalpha.app/v/DTG393KqOGc/?t=5056)
- [Defense procurement pushed commercial companies out of the market](https://realalpha.app/s/defense-procurement-pushed-commercial-companies-out-of-the/)
  The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 10, 2025 · 5 min
  > “Everything they learned about building machinery to process cereal, they were able to leverage in the service of national security to make our warfighters more lethal.” — Shyam Sankar · [1:15:56](https://realalpha.app/v/DTG393KqOGc/?t=4556)
- [Longer assignments let top military talent compound expertise](https://realalpha.app/s/longer-assignments-let-top-military-talent-compound/)
  The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 10, 2025 · 4 min
  > “With AI and the AI revolution, people think, oh, it's going to make the median person better. That's true. But it's going to make the very best person superhuman.” — Shyam Sankar · [1:56:28](https://realalpha.app/v/DTG393KqOGc/?t=6988)

## The episode

- [Shyam Sankar - Chief Technology Officer of Palantir: The Future of Warfare | SRS #190](https://realalpha.app/v/DTG393KqOGc/) · The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 10, 2025