Mission Matters Podcast
Mission Matters Podcast
Podcast Description
The Mission Matters podcast from Shield Capital explores the intersection of technology, national security, and startups through in-depth conversations with early-stage founders and government technologists. Each episode reveals the opportunities, technical challenges, and innovations shaping the future of national security, offering insights from those on the front lines of technological evolution and national defense.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers essential themes related to AI in national security, such as the evolution of AI in the Department of Defense, infrastructure challenges, success stories in AI adoption, and innovative solutions for cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Examples include episodes focused on the AI infrastructure with Unstructured and discussions on autonomous cyber operations with Autonomous Cyber.
The Mission Matters podcast from Shield Capital explores the intersection of technology, national security, and startups through in-depth conversations with early-stage founders and government technologists. Each episode reveals the opportunities, technical challenges, and innovations shaping the future of national security, offering insights from those on the front lines of technological evolution and national defense.
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, Akhil and Maggie speak with Brian Raymond, the CEO of Unstructured, a startup building the future of data tooling for generative AI, transforming unstructured data into structured data that can be used by AI models.
Episode overview:
Brian Raymond’s journey from the CIA and National Security Council to building Unstructured, an AI infrastructure startup.
The “unsexy” data and infrastructure challenge behind LLMs and agents — from PDFs and XML to chunked JSON.
How SOCOM, the Air Force, and the Army are leading the way in practical GenAI deployment
What commercial enterprises like Nestlé are doing with agents today — and what the DoD can learn from them
A tactical roadmap for AI adoption in national security — from policy fixes to compute access to trust-building
And much more
Keywords: AI, National Security, DoD, Infrastructure, Generative AI, Adoption, Challenges, Use Cases, Trust, Technology, Department of Defense, AI technology, open source, trust building, government initiatives, experimentation, deployment challenges, dual-use technology, AI infrastructure, future of AI
Key Themes
- Navigating AI in National Security
- The Evolution of AI in the DoD
- Challenges of AI Infrastructure in Defense
- Success Stories in AI Adoption
- Building AI Applications for Government
- Trust and Results in DoD AI Solutions
- The Future of AI in National Security
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