Gray Matters

🎙️ Ep 12 - L3Harris: Inside the Trusted Disruptor Strategy with CTO Andrew Puryear

How startups and defense primes can unite to bring innovation to the mission

Dec 5 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

Akhil Iyer

, and 

Andrew Puryear

2

1

58:59

November 2025

How SBIR Spurs Outsized Economic and National Security Gains – Time to Double Down

SBIR success stories from startups that turned small grants into hundreds of millions in impact

Nov 24 • 

Maggie Gray

 and 

David Rothzeid

7

5

2

🎙️ Ep 11 - A New Dawn of Defense Acquisition

Breaking down SECWAR Hegseth's new defense acquisition reforms

Nov 10 • 

Maggie Gray

4

3

54:32

🎙️ Ep 10 - How Missile Defense Actually Works

Former MDA head explains Golden Dome, command and control, startups, and more

Nov 4 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

Matt Kaplan

, and 

Pat O'Reilly

1

1

1:01:59

October 2025

My Reading List

My favorite books, newsletters, and podcasts on technology, national security, and investing

Oct 31 • 

Maggie Gray

25

2

3

🎙️ Ep 9 - Rangeview: Manufacturing in the Cyber Foundry

What will it take to actually bring manufacturing back to America?

Oct 28 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

Akhil Iyer

, 

Cameron Schiller

, and 

Aeden Gasser-Brennan

1

1:06:11

September 2025

A Playbook for U.S. Startups Selling Defense Tech in Europe

What does it take for American startups to sell into European defense markets?

Sep 30 • 

Maggie Gray

 and 

Anna Strumpel

10

2

1

🎙️ Ep 8 - Seasats: Scaling Persistent Maritime Autonomy

Encounters with Chinese destroyers, how maritime autonomy differs from Waymos, and more...

Sep 12 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

Mike Flanigan

, and 

Matt Kaplan

1

1

59:11

August 2025

🎙️ Ep 7 - Building the Software Defined Navy

Maritime computer vision, generative AI, resilient communications, and more…

Aug 12 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

Akhil Iyer

, 

Artem Sherbinin

, and 

Justin Fanelli

7

2

7

1:18:31

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 hard…

Aug 5 • 

Maggie Gray

 and 

Pat O'Reilly

9

4

2

July 2025

The Race to Diffuse AI

How China and the U.S. stack up in AI development and deployment

Jul 22 • 

Maggie Gray

 and 

Matt Kaplan

17

4

8

🎙️ Ep 6 - Breaking Down the Defense Budget

What does the Big Beautiful Bill mean for national security startups?

Jul 21 • 

Maggie Gray

, 

David Rothzeid

, and 

Michael Brown

4

1

50:38