Katherine Boyle

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The a16z Show · WSJ x a16z: The Next 25 Years of Defense Innovation · 17 Feb 2026 podcast

for people to invest in these in these companies that are that are working across various sectors that are important for national security and the national interest.

would say that's the national interest, right?

Uh very, very, very quick delivery.

Totally.

And it's interesting too, because you know, for for us, you know, we've been investing in this category for a long time.

But the early drone companies, you know, they were they were not focused on defense as a mission.

Again, it's like no one was thinking about that in 2015 in Silicon Valley.

When we were talking about drones in 2015, we were talking about delivery, we were talking about sort of the consumer applications of this.

And it goes back to, I think, how how technology is is built in this category.

A lot of these companies are what's known as dual use.

You know, they they want to provide for the consumer, they want to provide for the enterprise, but they're also working with the Department of War.

And so drones are actually a great example of that.

A lot of the companies that are now working directly with the Department of War started off as sort of these toys, or they started off as something that was going to be focused on a consumer application that's now, you know, they've pivoted to working with public safety and and working with Department of War because that's such a willing customer.

So I think we're seeing

that too, that sort of movement of of even companies that were built 10 years ago saying that this is a real opportunity.

Oh, this is this is a bipartisan bipartisan initiative.

I mean, we've been investing in this category.

I personally have investing for over a decade.

Um, you know, Republican administrations have been supportive, Democratic administrations have been supportive.

Um at our summit, um, we've had, you know, many, many years now.

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