Please join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker with 8VC and Palantir Technologies Founder Joe Lonsdale

One of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture investors, Lonsdale has spent two decades building and backing companies across defense technology, artificial intelligence, financial services, healthcare and government software. As founder and managing partner of 8VC, he has invested in companies operating at the intersection of technology, national security and industrial innovation.

As artificial intelligence reshapes industries and intensifies competition among companies and nations, policymakers, investors and business leaders are debating how to sustain innovation while addressing concerns around security, regulation and economic disruption.

Reuters Global Defense Editor Joe Brock speaks with Lonsdale, who is also the co-founder of Palantir Technologies, on the forces shaping the next era of AI. They’ll discuss U.S. leadership in the global AI race, the infrastructure and capital driving the industry's expansion, the intersection of AI and national security, and Lonsdale's views on the technology's opportunities and risks.