The Startup Defense
de Callye Keen
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The Startup Defense explores the intersection of commercial technology and defense innovation. Callye Keen (Kform) talks with expert guests about the latest needs and trends in the defense industry and how startup companies are driving innovation and change. From concept to field, The Startup Defense covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, mission computing, autonomous systems, and the manufacturing necessary to make technology real.
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- GPS-Denied Autonomy, Synthetic GPS, VICTUS with Jesse Hamel · 46 min · Saison 1 Épisode 74Resilient autonomy starts with answering: Where am I? Guest: Jesse Hamel – Founder & CEO, VICTUS GPS is embedded in everything from autonomous vehicles and precision weapons to…
- Expeditionary Power, Software-Defined Energy, and BKPK with Sascha Dainat · 20 min · Saison 1 Épisode 73How intelligent, modular power enables defense and emergency-response missions at the edge Guest: Sascha Dainat – Chief Revenue Officer, BKPK Power Power is rarely the mission…
- Mission Integrity, Financial Gravity, and Lean to Incorruptible with Eric Ries · 33 min · Saison 1 Épisode 72Why good companies drift from their founding purpose and how leaders can build organizations that resist corruption Guest: Eric Ries - Author of Incorruptible, creator of The…
- Defense Acquisition Reform, Building Relationships, and MIM Ventures with Noam Oz · 21 min · Saison 1 Épisode 71How operator-led startups, rapid acquisition pathways, and relationship-driven execution are reshaping defense innovation Guest: Noam Oz - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, MIM…
- Software-Defined Manufacturing, Reindustrialization, and Machina Labs with Edward Mehr · 24 min · Saison 1 Épisode 70How robotic manufacturing, AI, and flexible factories could reshape American industrial power Guest: Edward Mehr - Machina Labs Edward Mehr joins The Startup Defense to discuss…
- Non-Dilutive Funding, Defense Tech Fundraising, Mission Cultivate with Mollie Jahner · 20 min · Saison 1 Épisode 69How founders can use grants, contracts, teaming, and acquisition pathways to fund hard tech without giving up equity too early Guest: Mollie Jahner - Mission Cultivate, formerly…
- Accelerate Decisions, Dominate Operations, and Dunedain with Mack Ohlinger · 29 min · Saison 1 Épisode 68Why accelerating decision-making—not just building models—is the real frontier of defense AI Guest: Mack Ohlinger – CEO, Dunedain Most AI conversations in defense focus on…
- Sensor Fusion, Startup Scaling, Digital Force Technologies with Justin MacLaurin · 31 min · Saison 1 Épisode 67How operator trust, patient capital, and integrated platforms turn defense technology into fielded capability Guest: Justin MacLaurin - Founder & CEO, Digital Force Technologies…
- Rapid Acquisition, Venture Speed, and DCODE with Meagan Metzger · 30 min · Saison 1 Épisode 66Why defense innovation still stalls, how to fix the operating model, and what it takes to get commercial technology into warfighters’ hands at mission speed Guest: Meagan Metzger…
- Data at Mission Speed, Resilient Pipelines, and Grist Mill Exchange with Jen Obernier · 24 minHow government teams can buy, trust, and operationalize commercial data faster for mission-critical decisions Guest: Jen Obernier | CEO, Grist Mill Exchange What does it take to…
- Next-Generation Munitions, Defense Manufacturing, and WAR Inc. with Jon Williams · 22 min · Saison 1 Épisode 64From warfighter need to fielded effect: building a partner-led “ordnance nexus” that collapses the munition lifecycle (materials → manufacturing → security → delivery) into a…
- AI Gun Detection, Mission-driven Culture, and ZeroEyes with Sam Alaimo · 26 min · Saison 1 Épisode 63Stopping threats before shots are fired: how ZeroEyes pairs computer vision with a 24/7 human verification layer to deliver actionable intelligence to responders in seconds…
- Defense Startups, Crossing the Valley, and Steam Studios with Noah Sheinbaum · 38 min · Saison 1 Épisode 62Startups can’t afford to be wrong on an 18-month cycle—and neither can the services or the acquisition system that supports them. Callye and Noah deconstruct the so-called…
- Heads Down Building, Battlefield Autonomy, and Chaos Industries with Will Hurd · 21 min · Saison 1 Épisode 61Will Hurd – Chief Strategy Officer, Chaos Industries - former CIA officer, Member of Congress, and cybersecurity founder Chaos Industries is quietly shipping modern radar and…
- Distributed Space Edge Computing, On-orbit Autonomy, and Aethero with Edward Ge · 23 min · Saison 1 Épisode 60Bringing modern compute, edge AI, and hard-tech investing into orbit Guest: Edward Ge – Founder & CEO, Aether Most spacecraft still fly computers comparable to late-1990s…
- Connecting with Purpose, Defense Manufacturing, and Sustainment with Bret Boyd · 30 min · Saison 1 Épisode 59Callye Keen and Bret Boyd discuss the challenges and opportunities in the manufacturing sector, particularly in relation to supply chain management and defense manufacturing…
- Decision Dominance, Team Culture, and Smack Technologies with Andy Markoff · 25 min · Saison 1 Épisode 58Andy Markoff joins Callye to unpack why he left uniformed service to build Smack Technologies—and how his team is pursuing “decision dominance”: fusing multi‑modal data and using…
- Collaborative Innovation, Dark Corners, and Mission Cultivate with Robert Fehlen · 30 min · Saison 1 Épisode 57Callye Keen interviews Robert Fehlen about his work with Mission Cultivate and Dark Corner Solutions. They discuss the importance of community and networking in the defense…
- Rapid Innovation, Manufacturing Transparency, and Authentise with Andre Wegner · 35 min · Saison 1 Épisode 56Andre Wegner believes the biggest choke-point in defense manufacturing isn’t hardware—it’s the months (or years) lost inside data-starved black boxes. He and host Callye Keen…
- Kinetic Autonomous Counter UAS, Serial Entrepreneurship, and Allen Control Systems with Steve Simoni · 21 min · Saison 1 Épisode 55Callye Keen and Steve Simone discuss the evolving landscape of defense technology, particularly in countering unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Steve shares his passion for building…
