In the second episode of The Unlimited Hangout Podcast, Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin discuss their latest investigation into OpenAI’s Stargate Argentina data center and the man behind it Emiliano Kargieman. They discuss how Kargieman is a part of a close-knit group of Argentines sponsored by the American group Endeavor that have blurred the lines between Argentina’s tech sector and Silicon Valley. In addition, they note that his company Satellogic is working closely with Palantir and SpaceX to create a global satellite surveillance network that aims to soon “predict the future.”
The discussion also covers the proposal for Stargate Argentina and how Emiliano Kargieman has suggested that OpenAI may not end up being the ultimate user of the center once built, due to an AI debt bubble. He further seems to suggest that the Argentine State will likely use it as it "digitally transforms" under Javier Milei into an AI-powered surveillance state.
Read the Stargate Argentina article here:
How “Argentina’s Elon Musk” Is Bringing Technocracy To Patagonia
Javier Milei’s administration has been showcasing Patagonia to Silicon Valley executives, culminating in OpenAI’s ‘Stargate Argentina’ announcement. The focus of this piece, Emiliano Kargieman, is the man actually developing OpenAI’s Argentine project and boasts significant ties to United States’ military and intelligence, NASA, Palantir and the Silicon Valley stalwarts who helped privatize space.
Mark Goodwin, Whitney Webb
Read our 2024 investigation into Satellogic, Debt From Above, here:
Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup
Latin America is quietly being forced into a carbon market scheme through regional contractual obligations – enforced by the satellites of a US intelligence-linked firm – which seeks to create an inter-continental “smart grid,” erode national and local sovereignty, and link carbon-based life to the debt-based monetary system via a Bitcoin sidechain.
Mark Goodwin, Whitney Webb
0:00 Introductions
2:50 Discussion Overview
10:31 What is Stargate Argentina?
19:28 Who is Emiliano Kargieman?
26:00 What is Satellogic? Debt From Above Overview
30:00 Early Life: Endeavor, Core Securities, Hacked By Owls, Whuffie Bank
46:20 The Creation of Satellogic at Singularity University
55:15 Ames Research, Pete Worden, Mike Griffin and BlastOff!
1:01:01 DC-X into SpaceX, SDIO and the Private Space Nexus
1:07:01 Merlin: Palantir in Space, AI + SATL = Predictive Surveillance
1:20:00 Stargate Argentina, “A Source of Dollars”, Pax Silica
1:37:01 Bubbles Build Infrastructure, AI and Enron Overlaps
1:47:01 Pre-Crime, Digital Twins
2:50 Discussion Overview
10:31 What is Stargate Argentina?
19:28 Who is Emiliano Kargieman?
26:00 What is Satellogic? Debt From Above Overview
30:00 Early Life: Endeavor, Core Securities, Hacked By Owls, Whuffie Bank
46:20 The Creation of Satellogic at Singularity University
55:15 Ames Research, Pete Worden, Mike Griffin and BlastOff!
1:01:01 DC-X into SpaceX, SDIO and the Private Space Nexus
1:07:01 Merlin: Palantir in Space, AI + SATL = Predictive Surveillance
1:20:00 Stargate Argentina, “A Source of Dollars”, Pax Silica
1:37:01 Bubbles Build Infrastructure, AI and Enron Overlaps
1:47:01 Pre-Crime, Digital Twins