Katherine Boyle

Thanks so much for having me.

It's an honor to be here.

And I always say I come bearing good news.

Usually after people talk to me, they are very optimistic.

And I always have to warn people, I am in the business of optimism, right?

Like I'm an early stage investor.

I'm always thinking that a company, I only invest if I think a company is going to become

some extraordinary movement.

I agree with you.

The last few years, what we have seen as investors in the American dynamism ecosystem, the companies that are building for defense tech, it did not exist five years ago.

There was not the enthusiasm or the excitement.

DoD wasn't excited about buying from startups.

It's a complete 180.

I always like when people say they meet these founders and they have hope for America.

It's like, yeah, every day I get to meet them.

And I think that's why I'm such an optimist, too, is because I get to see on the ground floor these young engineers who are just incredibly patriotic.

Their patriotism, I always say, I was patriotic because we're of the generation that remembers 9-11.

We were coming of age in 9-11.

It changed our lives.

These kids weren't even born.