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Beyond SaaS: New Business Models in Defense Tech

Tech-enabled services, M&A driven conglomerates, factory-as-product, holding companies, and more!

13 hrs ago • Maggie Gray

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

What the New Budget Means for Startups

Feb 3 • Maggie Gray and David Rothzeid

40:56

🎙️ 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

The Age of AI for Offensive Cyber

How Autonomous Agents Are Rewriting Modern Warfare

Jan 9 • Maggie Gray and Katie Gray

2026 Predictions for National Security Technology

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

Dec 22, 2025 • Maggie Gray

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

🎙️ Ep 10 - How Missile Defense Actually Works

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

Nov 4, 2025 • Maggie Gray, Matt Kaplan, and Pat O'Reilly

1:01:59

🎙️ Ep 9 - Rangeview: Manufacturing in the Cyber Foundry

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

Oct 28, 2025 • Maggie Gray, Akhil Iyer, Cameron Schiller, and Aeden Gasser-Brennan

1:06:11

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