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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗽. He built 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 into a $200B behemoth that prevents terrorist attacks & tracks pandemics. In his viral book "The Technological Republic", he delivers a 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿. He has a 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲, practices 𝐐𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, and keeps 𝐓𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤. But here’s what makes him truly different: While most tech CEOs avoid working with the government…𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻: • 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 • 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 • 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 And he’s unapologetic about it. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 Tech companies 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 with the U.S. government on major breakthroughs: • 𝐀𝐑𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓 → 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 • 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 → 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 But after Edward Snowden’s leaks in 2013… everything changed. Silicon Valley 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 from government contracts. Now? The smartest engineers aren’t working on 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐈, 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. They’re busy: • Building social media algorithms • Creating food delivery apps • Perfecting online ads Meanwhile, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈, 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡—𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. And Karp believes 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. His controversial take? "𝐈𝐟 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥". That’s why 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 while companies like Google backed out. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 This isn’t just a U.S. problem. India is making the 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. Our best minds are working on 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, while 𝐀𝐈, 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝. Karp’s warning is clear: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. Will India learn from Silicon Valley’s failure? Or will we keep chasing the next viral app while China and the U.S. control the future? The choice will define India’s technological destiny. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such insights!