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šļø Ep 7 - Building the Software Defined Navy
Maritime computer vision, generative AI, resilient communications, and moreā¦
Aug 12
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Akhil Iyer
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Artem Sherbinin
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Justin Fanelli
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Demystifying Defense Corporation Sales: Insights for Startup Founders
Talk to almost any employee at a large corporation, and they will tell you that the technology their employer uses internally is clunky, old, and hardā¦
Aug 5
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Pat O'Reilly
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Demystifying Defense Corporation Sales: Insights for Startup Founders
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July 2025
The Race to Diffuse AI
How China and the U.S. stack up in AI development and deployment
Jul 22
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Matt Kaplan
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The Race to Diffuse AI
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šļø Ep 6 - Breaking Down the Defense Budget
What does the Big Beautiful Bill mean for national security startups?
Jul 21
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David Rothzeid
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Michael Brown
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Satellites and SBIRs: The Strategic Signal the Space Force Must Send
How Space Force can leverage R&D contracts to signal demand to startups and VCs for future-leaning capabilities
Jul 15
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Maggie Gray
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Nestor Levin
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Satellites and SBIRs: The Strategic Signal the Space Force Must Send
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šļø Ep 5 - Geopolitical Briefing: The IsraelāIran Conflict with VADM Kevin āKidā Donegan (Ret.)
This episode of the Mission Matters podcast features a conversation between Shield Capital Managing Partner Philip Bilden and Vice Admiral Kevin āKidā¦
Jul 10
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Philip Bilden
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June 2025
AI-Native Consumer Hardware: The Next Strategic Advantage
Agents, brain computer interfaces, wearables, and more
Jun 26
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Maggie Gray
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AI-Native Consumer Hardware: The Next Strategic Advantage
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šļøEp 4 - Obviant: Building the Decision Edge for Defense Acquisition
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, David and I speak with Brendan Karp, the CEO of Obviant, a startup building a government marketā¦
Jun 25
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David Rothzeid
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Brendan Karp
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51:46
May 2025
šļøEp 3 - Unstructured: Building the Infrastructure to Win the AI Race
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, Akhil and I speak with Brian Raymond, the CEO of Unstructured, a startup building the future of dataā¦
May 23
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Brian Raymond
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Akhil Iyer
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Field or Fail: Building the Attritable Arsenal of Democracy
What it will take for DoD to procure and field FPV and other attritable drones at scale
May 15
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Trent Emeneker
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Field or Fail: Building the Attritable Arsenal of Democracy
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šļøEp 2 - Autonomous Cyber: Building the AI Platform for Offensive Cybersecurity
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, Akhil and I speak with Patrick OāBrien and Bohdan Volyanyuk, the founders of Autonomous Cyber, a youngā¦
May 1
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Maggie Gray
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Patrick O'Brien
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Bohdan Volyanyuk
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Akhil Iyer
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56:45
April 2025
Startups & Sea Power
Why is it So Hard For Startups to Work With the Navy?
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