From Last Supper to First Breakfast: The Defense Tech Ecosystem
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The Last Mile of Reindustrialization Is Real Estate
KEN BIBERAJ is the host of Coffee with Ken and advises advanced manufacturing and defense companies on site selection and industrial strategy.
A few weeks ago, I sat across from Madeline Hart—co-author of Mobilize: How...
Cleaning House
Who will build the arsenal of the future? Storied, legacy defense manufacturers? Buzzy, VC-backed startups? Firms and founders yet unknown?
This is a hot topic in Washington and other hubs of power. Many careers and many billions of do...
Avoidable Surprises
DOMINIC VENTIMIGLIA and JARRETT LANE were teammates in the Middle East over ten years ago. Dom retired from the U.S. Army Special Forces as a Chief Warrant Officer 5 and is now a Principal at Squadra Ventures. Jarrett is Chair...
Building the WAR MACHINE
We often default to a particular version of World War II. It’s the one everyone knows: D-Day, carrier battles in the Pacific, armored divisions pushing across Europe. It’s a story about tactics and decisive moments. The Band of Brothers war...
Scharnhorst and the Rebirth of Prussia
Peter Mitchell is a U.S. Army officer and former instructor of strategy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His novel Captain Hawke will be released this summer. He has also written an adventure following a young Clause...
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CTO, Palantir Technologies
Founder, Dominion Dynamics www.DefendTheDominion.com
2x founding CEO and Serial Entrepreneur in Deep Tech, Angel investor, failed political candidate, systems engineer and father. Strong opinions on cocktails, mexican food, aerospace & defense and the insanity of CA politics.
Defense at Palantir. Co-Author of MOBILIZE: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III (Out March 17, 2026)
Senior Counselor at Palantir
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.
Ethan Copple, Ph.D. is a systems engineer and applied anthropologist focused on solving coordination problems in complex operational systems. Copple is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow and Principal at Systems Intelligence Consulting.
Founding engineer at Reach Power (reachpower.com)
Law & Government @ Reichman University | Palantir Technologies
Author of "Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" CEO, Freedom's Forge Solutions LLC
Co-Founder, NC Critical Tech Alliance
Co-founder & CEO at Lodge Systems. We make structural airframe components for drones. lodge.tech
Jason has been leading commercial R&D efforts for 20+ years in AI and RPA.
Founder & CEO of Pellucid Network. Former AWS Marketplace leader ($1B+ growth) and In-Q-Tel investor. Army veteran (Iraq/Afghanistan). Former CIO of Arlington National Cemetery. Based in Cary, NC.
Co-Founder at Supply Energetics
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
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