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🎙️ Ep 31 - Techquisition: The Pentagon’s New Autonomous Warfare Command
🚨 EMERGENCY POD! The Pentagon is standing up a new Autonomous Warfare Command. On the latest Mission Matters Podcast episode, David and I sat down with defense acquisitions expert Bill Greenwalt to discuss what it will take to stand up a n...
🎙️ Ep 30 - Techquisition: How DIU’s Bridge Is Accelerating Commercial Technology Into the Military
The Defense Innovation Unit has run over 600 prototypes. That gave them a front-row seat to a frustrating pattern: commercial technology that works, stalling out before it ever reaches the warfighter.
The reason usually isn't the tech...
🎙️ Ep 29 - Ent: The AI Cybersecurity Arms Race – Defending at Machine Speed
AI lets hackers attack at machine speed. Human defenders cannot keep up. Luckily, the team at Ent is building the future of AI-native cyber defense and prevention.
In the latest episode of the Mission Matters Podcast, Akhil Iyer and I...
🎙️ Ep 28 - The Navy's Chief Talent Officer on Attracting Top Talent
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Kohlmann has flown F-18s in combat, invested in startups, and run a hard-tech company. Now he's the US Navy's chief talent officer, responsible for a workforce of over a million people.
On the n...
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Want to work in defense tech? 🇺🇸 The U.S. and its allies need more talented people working towards a mission that matters. I’m launching a new initiative to match talented engineers and operators with early stage companies building at the...
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VC at Shield Capital, investing in innovative early stage companies building at the intersection of national security and commercial technology
CEO & Co-Founder of Arena AI Previous Founder of Kimono Labs, acquired by Palantir Y Combinator W14 Quantum Physicist, Stanford & Columbia
Investor at Shield Capital
Venture Capitalist, Air Force Reservist, Pittbull dad, and DC kickball champion
LTG Patrick "Pat" O'Reilly is a Shield Capital Operating Partner working directly with portfolio companies to provide hands-on operational experience and value creation support.
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