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Episodes (73)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Screams Before Silence - with Sheryl Sandberg
The Age of Grievance - with Frank Bruni
An Insider's Account of Columbia's Pro-Hamas Protests - with Shai Davidai
A lot is happening in the Middle East... and nothing at all - with Nadav Eyal
How Israel Lost The Story - with Scott Galloway
Special Episode: Did Iran Miscalculate? - with Nadav Eyal
Is the war in Gaza over? With Nadav Eyal
Is Israel Losing America's Jews? With Yossi Klein Halevi and Rabbi David Ingber
Is Gantz headed for the exit? with Anshel Pfeffer
Biden’s two-pronged Israel strategy — with Bret Stephens
Is Israel Alone? With Haviv Rettig Gur
War Cabinet Member, Ron Dermer
Biden's Bibi Problem - with Nadav Eyal
The Sobering of the Israeli Left - with Dr. Einat Wilf
My 'Come to Jesus' Moment with Haviv
From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon: The Future of Defense Innovation
The last few decades have been a period of transition for defense. An increasing number of startups have begun to rival large defense primes, the industry has gradually become a calculus of both hardware and software, and exponential technologies have forced the DoD to rethink how it has traditionally done business.
These changing conditions were some of the inputs to resulting in the DIU – Defense Innovation Unit – starting in 2015 within the Department of Defense, focused on accelerating the adoption of technology.
In this episode recorded at a16z’s American Dynamism Summit in January, a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle is joined by the Director of the DIU, Doug Beck, plus two critical founders ushering in this new era of defense: Brian Schimpf, cofounder and CEO of Anduril and Brandon Tseng, cofounder of Shield AI.
So what does the next wave of defense innovation really look like? Let’s find out.
00:00 - The Future of Defense Innovation
03:30 - The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
05:45 - Adoption of Startup tech by the DoD
07:42 - Acquisition, Budgeting, and Contracting
13:17 - Traditional Primes vs Startups
14:25 - Cost-Plus Fixed Fee Contracts
20:11 - The Replicator Program
22:26 - The New Threat Environment
27:11 - Scale and Readiness for Modern Warfare
32:15 - Procurement Reform and Feasibility
39:30 - Success Metrics for Defense
Resources:
Learn more about AD Summit 2024: www.a16z.com/adsummit
Watch Brian’s stage talk at AD Summit 2024: https://a16z.com/securing-americas-future-how-technology-companies-and-washington-are-building-a-safer-world/
Watch all of the stage talks at AD Summit 2024: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4u6XbiXf5pAKmk1AeZ9964KGScf4lHM
Find Katherine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KTmBoyle
Find Brandon and Shield AI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shieldaitech
Find Brain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/schimpfbrian
Find Doug and the DIU on Twitter: https://twitter.com/diu_x
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Israel’s Near Death Experience - with Micah Goodman
Breaking Down Oppenheimer with Brian Greene
What do two physicists think about the movie Oppenheimer? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical physicist Brian Greene to discuss Robert J. Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project, the science in Christopher Nolan’s film, and the dawn of quantum physics.
NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:
https://startalkmedia.com/show/breaking-down-oppenheimer-with-brian-greene/
Thanks to our Patrons Kiril Stoilov, aaron tanenbaum, Oswaldo Asprino, cary mannaberg, Taylor Jenkins, BeerandBrat, and J Maz for supporting us this week.