Rodrigo Cortes

GLP-1 drugs are one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets ever. This startup is building the autonomous factory to produce them at scale. Founded by @RoMcLocko and @RodrigoCorEst, part of the @DiscipulusVent Spring Cohort.

🇺🇸 EXCLUSIVE: @PalmerLuckey x @DiscipulusVent Spring Demo Day Fireside Chat. We cover Why El Segundo, Founding Anduril, Defense Tech Incentives, State of Hardtech VC, SVB Collapse, Erebor, Founder Advice, & more. Highlights: (00:00) Palmer Luckey (00:20) Why Anduril chose El Segundo over the Bay Area (01:20) The Facebook acquisition & Bay Area mercenary problem (02:43) Building across veterans, Democrats, Republicans & libertarians (03:33) How the four Anduril founders' roles have evolved (04:21) "Want to work on tech? Don't start a company" (06:02) What Palmer learned from Oculus about delegation (06:44) How not to become Lockheed or Raytheon (07:33) Why the government rewards being slow & expensive (09:25) Anduril's real failure mode: becoming Google, not Lockheed (10:21) The state of hardtech venture capital (10:55) Why ZIRP killed serious investing (12:31) The vibe shift toward energy, defense & agriculture (13:01) Erebor & the SVB collapse that almost killed Anduril (13:32) Why no American bank is actually aligned with America (15:18) How Biden accidentally saved Anduril (17:10) Palmer's one piece of advice for founders (17:38) Bonus: the One Piece anime fan edit

Little known fact about El Segundo founders - they can walk on water. Last week’s cohort of @DiscipulusVent builders put their physics and judgement skills on display for a pre-demo day liquidity event with fearless leader @jakobdiepen and @KingJamieLee @tamarackglobal. Your move @PalmerLuckey