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  • Shyam Sankar

    CTO, Palantir Technologies

  • Ken Biberaj

    #CoffeewithKen

  • Nadia Schadlow's The Overview

    Nadia Schadlow is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who works on issues at the at the intersection of technology and national security.

  • Madeline Hart

    Defense at Palantir. Co-Author of MOBILIZE: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III

  • Greg Little

    Senior Counselor at Palantir

  • Marlinspike VC

    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’.

  • Thomas Day

    I'm a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and the co-founder of the Frontier Mission Network, a Chicago-based business consortium serving the region's defense technology and national security industries.

  • Blake Seitz

    Content Strategist at Palantir. Mobilizing the English language for battle.

  • Ryan Musto

    Venture capitalist chasing reindustrialization, civic revival, and solid returns

  • MT

    Investing at the intersection of national security and next gen industrials.

  • Kevin McCarville

    Its Cool To Love America

  • Jarrett Lane

    Co-Founder, NC Critical Tech Alliance

  • Aaron Jaffe

    Deployment strategist and medium data specialist at Palantir Technologies.

  • Daryl Wieland

    Senior Director of Partnerships at Palantir and Adjunct Professor of Finance at George Mason University

  • Dominic Ventimiglia

    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

    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

  • Aaron

    Deployment Strategist and medium data specialist at Palantir Technologies.

  • Blake McFalls

    Hi! I am a rising senior in high school going to Trinity Prep. I am interested in defense and industrial policy.

  • Abby Carr

    Abby works in Strategic Engagement at Palantir Technologies, and is a current fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.

  • Shane Rockett

    Commercial Lead @ Sable. Formerly focused on AI in defense and national security with McKinsey. From Boston, acclimating to SF.

  • John A. Burtka III

    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.

  • Ian Crone

    Technology to the Warfighter Carthago delenda est.

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