Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur, founder of Palantir, Epirus, Resilience, and other technology companies, and an investor. He is currently the managing partner at the venture capital firm 8VC, the Chairman of the Board of the Cicero Institute, and the host of the American Optimist Podcast. More recently, Joe became a founding trustee of the new University of Austin. Follow Joe on Twitter @JTLonsdale.