From Last Supper to First Breakfast: The Defense Tech Ecosystem
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Sovereignty Has a Physical Form
JOHN A. BURTKA is Director of Advancement and Outreach at the Coalition for a Prosperous America. He spent his career in manufacturing, automotive supply chains, industrial operations, and business turnarounds. He is a Lean Six...
The Factory Is the Product
NADIA SCHADLOW is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
MISLAV TOLUSIC is a Managing Partner at Marlinspike, a defense-oriented venture capital firm.
Congress is debating anew whether to add billions of dollar...
Drone Warfare: What the Pentagon Knows and a Private Doesn't
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CTO, Palantir Technologies
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Nadia Schadlow is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who works on issues at the at the intersection of technology and national security.
Defense at Palantir. Co-Author of MOBILIZE: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III
Senior Counselor at Palantir
Veteran-led, multi-stage (seed to late stage/pre-IPO) pure play dual-use tech investors finding & funding founders who are the ‘Best of the Bold’.
Evan Loomis is an early-stage venture investor at Overmatch, with a focus on critical technology, space, and defense. He also co-founded ICON, a construction technology company revolutionizing human shelter through robotics, AI, and 3D-printing.
General Partner at Overmatch Ventures; Co-Chair of Endless Frontiers; Marine Combat Veteran with two tours in the Horn of Africa and Afghan. Writing about capital, industry, and the race to secure the future.
Content Strategist at Palantir. Mobilizing the English language for battle.
Investing at the intersection of national security and next gen industrials.
Its Cool To Love America
Co-Founder, NC Critical Tech Alliance
Co-founder & CEO at Lodge Systems. We make structural airframe components for drones. lodge.tech
Deployment strategist and medium data specialist at Palantir Technologies.
Senior Director of Partnerships at Palantir and Adjunct Professor of Finance at George Mason University
Defense tech employee. USAF Reservist. Amateur craftsman. Avid runner. Still learning all four.
Morgan is a GP at Overmatch and former Venrock investor with early leadership roles at Peregrine Technologies and Dataminr. She served in the NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau and is an Officer in the United States Navy Reserve.
Builder and Veteran. Growing on good rain and black loam.
Principal at Squadra Ventures and retired CW5 with 33 years in the Army, including 25 in United States Army Special Forces, specializing in unconventional warfare and defense innovation.
Peter Mitchell is a U.S. Army officer and former instructor of strategy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Follow him on X @peternmitchell
Deployment Strategist and medium data specialist at Palantir Technologies.
Hi! I am a rising senior in high school going to Trinity Prep. I am interested in defense and industrial policy.
Abby works in Strategic Engagement at Palantir Technologies, and is a current fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.
Commercial Lead @ Sable. Formerly focused on AI in defense and national security with McKinsey. From Boston, acclimating to SF.
John A. Burtka III, Director of Advancement and Outreach at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, is a former manufacturing executive and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He writes about the productive foundations of American sovereignty.
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