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🎙️ 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
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Maggie Gray
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David Rothzeid
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🎙️ 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
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Maggie Gray
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Philip Bilden
, and
H.R. McMaster
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The Age of AI for Offensive Cyber
How Autonomous Agents Are Rewriting Modern Warfare
Jan 9
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Maggie Gray
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Katie Gray
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Manufacturing for the Mission: What it Takes to Build Hardware for DoD
Apr 10, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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Gleb Shevchuk
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Winning 2027 Starts Now
Mar 7, 2025
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Maggie Gray
and
Artem Sherbinin
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Follow the Money: What the Pentagon's Budget Data Tells Us About AI and Autonomy Adoption
Mar 31, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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The Age of AI for Offensive Cyber
Jan 9
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Maggie Gray
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Katie Gray
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Mission-Driven Metrics: A Framework for Assessing Startups Targeting National Security
Nov 29, 2024
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Maggie Gray
and
David Rothzeid
24
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My Reading List
Oct 31, 2025
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Maggie Gray
25
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2026 Predictions for National Security Technology
IPOs, $50B+ in VC funding, new AI strategies, Ukrainian tech transfer, and more
Dec 22, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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🎙️ 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
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Maggie Gray
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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
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Maggie Gray
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🎙️ Ep 13 - Techquisition: What the 2026 NDAA Means for Startups
Welcome to the Techquisition Edition of the Mission Matters Podcast!
Dec 11, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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David Rothzeid
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🎙️ 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
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Maggie Gray
,
Akhil Iyer
, and
Andrew Puryear
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58:59
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, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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David Rothzeid
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🎙️ Ep 11 - A New Dawn of Defense Acquisition
Breaking down SECWAR Hegseth's new defense acquisition reforms
Nov 10, 2025
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Maggie Gray
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David Rothzeid
, and
Michael Brown
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