Joe Lonsdale

It's just a super efficient way of shooting. Gallium nitride. Gallium nitride. It's a GAN, they call them. G-A-N is the element, you know, code. The gallium nitride, these are super efficient emitters and these exist in other places too. It's a big breakthrough that was really started to be used in the last kind of like 10, 15 years in a bunch of different contexts.

It's just a super efficient way of shooting. Gallium nitride. Gallium nitride. It's a GAN, they call them. G-A-N is the element, you know, code. The gallium nitride, these are super efficient emitters and these exist in other places too. It's a big breakthrough that was really started to be used in the last kind of like 10, 15 years in a bunch of different contexts.

It's just a super efficient way of shooting. Gallium nitride. Gallium nitride. It's a GAN, they call them. G-A-N is the element, you know, code. The gallium nitride, these are super efficient emitters and these exist in other places too. It's a big breakthrough that was really started to be used in the last kind of like 10, 15 years in a bunch of different contexts.

But it turns out if you use the AI chips, get the power to hit the gallium nitride, you're taking a bunch of power and you're kind of condensing it into like a 10,000th of a second or even less of a thing. And so you have this burst, it's a super fast burst and the burst is intense enough because it's so condensed that when it hits the drone, when it hits the electronics, it fries them.

But it turns out if you use the AI chips, get the power to hit the gallium nitride, you're taking a bunch of power and you're kind of condensing it into like a 10,000th of a second or even less of a thing. And so you have this burst, it's a super fast burst and the burst is intense enough because it's so condensed that when it hits the drone, when it hits the electronics, it fries them.

But it turns out if you use the AI chips, get the power to hit the gallium nitride, you're taking a bunch of power and you're kind of condensing it into like a 10,000th of a second or even less of a thing. And so you have this burst, it's a super fast burst and the burst is intense enough because it's so condensed that when it hits the drone, when it hits the electronics, it fries them.

you know, destroys them. And then there's all sorts of things you do to kind of tune the burst and figure out how to actually do it most efficiently and effectively to fry these things as well. And, you know, we're now, I'm not supposed to say quite how far away, but you're shooting things down from miles away. You're shooting miles away.

you know, destroys them. And then there's all sorts of things you do to kind of tune the burst and figure out how to actually do it most efficiently and effectively to fry these things as well. And, you know, we're now, I'm not supposed to say quite how far away, but you're shooting things down from miles away. You're shooting miles away.

you know, destroys them. And then there's all sorts of things you do to kind of tune the burst and figure out how to actually do it most efficiently and effectively to fry these things as well. And, you know, we're now, I'm not supposed to say quite how far away, but you're shooting things down from miles away. You're shooting miles away.

And it's not just, it's not just the, it's not just like the little tiny, like, you know, you know, DGI drones or whatever they're called. It's like, you know, these are the big things that Iran's making for Russia as well. They could take down quite a far distance away.

And it's not just, it's not just the, it's not just like the little tiny, like, you know, you know, DGI drones or whatever they're called. It's like, you know, these are the big things that Iran's making for Russia as well. They could take down quite a far distance away.

And it's not just, it's not just the, it's not just like the little tiny, like, you know, you know, DGI drones or whatever they're called. It's like, you know, these are the big things that Iran's making for Russia as well. They could take down quite a far distance away.

And what's really cool is you're not just doing it, so you're doing it for bases, you're doing it for forward attacks, but you can like put these things, you put smaller versions in the cones. So for example, you know, Anduril's Roadrunner, you've seen that, right? The thing that takes off and lands again.

And what's really cool is you're not just doing it, so you're doing it for bases, you're doing it for forward attacks, but you can like put these things, you put smaller versions in the cones. So for example, you know, Anduril's Roadrunner, you've seen that, right? The thing that takes off and lands again.

And what's really cool is you're not just doing it, so you're doing it for bases, you're doing it for forward attacks, but you can like put these things, you put smaller versions in the cones. So for example, you know, Anduril's Roadrunner, you've seen that, right? The thing that takes off and lands again.

You can put it in one of those missiles, and that one's not going to work as far because it's a smaller form factor, but that missile can get up and get pretty close to the bad guy drones, fire a bunch of them, and then come back and land. And so there's things like this that you do now, too.

You can put it in one of those missiles, and that one's not going to work as far because it's a smaller form factor, but that missile can get up and get pretty close to the bad guy drones, fire a bunch of them, and then come back and land. And so there's things like this that you do now, too.

You can put it in one of those missiles, and that one's not going to work as far because it's a smaller form factor, but that missile can get up and get pretty close to the bad guy drones, fire a bunch of them, and then come back and land. And so there's things like this that you do now, too.

Leonidas is the first version of the product that's being forward deployed with CENTCOM, and it's just going out actually in the next month, which is great. The tests have shown you could do about 100 drones at a time in certain contexts. 100 drones at a time? If they're together and flying together, and then the thing moves, so you fire, fire, fire. You know why it's called Epirus?

Leonidas is the first version of the product that's being forward deployed with CENTCOM, and it's just going out actually in the next month, which is great. The tests have shown you could do about 100 drones at a time in certain contexts. 100 drones at a time? If they're together and flying together, and then the thing moves, so you fire, fire, fire. You know why it's called Epirus?