Archive - Gray Matters

🎙️ Ep 19 - Vector Defense: Building American Drone Dominance

Drones are re-defining modern warfare – and the U.S.

Feb 18 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

42:41

How I'm Using AI

Adventures with ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini, and more

Feb 17 • Maggie Gray

🎙️ Ep 18 - Starfish Space: Building Autonomous Satellite Servicing in a Contested Space Domain

Space is a contested domain.

Feb 11 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

49:39

🎙️ Ep 17 - Techquisition: The $839B FY26 Defense Appropriations Explained

What the New Budget Means for Startups

Feb 3 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

40:56

January 2026

🎙️ Ep 16 - Techquisition: The War Department's New AI Strategy and Innovation Ecosystem Reform

Listen now | What does the DoW's new AI strategy and defense innovation ecosystem reforms mean for startups?

Jan 14 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

36:16

🎙️ Ep 15 - Geopolitical Briefing: Venezuela with LTG H.R. McMaster (ret.)

Listen now | This episode of the Mission Matters podcast features a conversation between Shield Capital Managing Partner Philip Bilden and Lt.

Jan 13 • Maggie Gray, Philip Bilden, and H.R. McMaster

57:26

The Age of AI for Offensive Cyber

How Autonomous Agents Are Rewriting Modern Warfare

Jan 9 • Maggie Gray and Katie Gray

December 2025

2026 Predictions for National Security Technology

IPOs, $50B+ in VC funding, new AI strategies, Ukrainian tech transfer, and more

Dec 22, 2025 • Maggie Gray

🎙️ Ep 14 - HawkEye 360: How to Build a Profitable Space Startup in National Security

Listen now | What does it take to build a serious profitable, sustainable, scaled defense tech startup?

Dec 19, 2025 • Maggie Gray

59:31

How Accurate Were My 2025 NatSec Tech Predictions? A Year-End Review

More unicorns than expected, less robotics and AI spending, more acquisition reform

Dec 15, 2025 • Maggie Gray

🎙️ Ep 13 - Techquisition: What the 2026 NDAA Means for Startups

Welcome to the Techquisition Edition of the Mission Matters Podcast!

Dec 11, 2025 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

37:08

🎙️ 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, 2025 • Maggie Gray, Akhil Iyer, and Andrew Puryear

58:59

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