The Rollup(@therollupco):Vlad says the Palantir forward-deployed engineer model is the playbook for how Lighter becomes indispensable to TradFi: "Joe Lonsdale (Palantir co-founder, Lighter angel) taught the model: embed engineers inside institutions, first to partner with large banks on modern tech." "We want to be that for DeFi meets TradFi. Not selling a product, embedding as infrastructure. Robinhood is the major milestone. Palantir's clients don't leave." Forward-deployed model. Embedded infrastructure. Institutions don't switch.

2026.07.07 12:25

Vlad says the Palantir forward-deployed engineer model is the playbook for how Lighter becomes indispensable to TradFi: "Joe Lonsdale (Palantir co-founder, Lighter angel) taught the model: embed engineers inside institutions, first to partner with large banks on modern tech." "We want to be that for DeFi meets TradFi. Not selling a product, embedding as infrastructure. Robinhood is the major milestone. Palantir's clients don't leave." Forward-deployed model. Embedded infrastructure. Institutions don't switch.