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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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.
On September 30, Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo titled Project Agincourt: Pathway to the Autonomous Warfare Command, a plan for a new four-star command built around autonomous warfare. It would be the first functional combatant command stood up from scratch since SOCOM and TRANSCOM in 1987.Maggie and David bring on Bill Greenwalt of the American Enterprise Institute, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy and a longtime Senate Armed Services Committee staffer, for an emergency breakdown.What is a combatant command in the first place? Why is building a new one so rare? And does this turn into a real speed play for autonomy, or just another layer of bureaucracy? Greenwalt's test is simple: are builders working side by side with operators, or three chains removed through the primes and integrators?Plus: what founders should be watching, from DIU's role as the commercial on-ramp to the elevation of Owen West at the unmanned systems DRPM.
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