Matt Grimm

Yeah, you can't tell me ahead of time. That would ruin the surprise. My answer would be twofold. I think first we have unlocked what was a kind of a latent patriotism within the technology and defense sector. I say latent because if you look at the momentum through the kind of the early 2000s into the 20-teens,

Yeah, you can't tell me ahead of time. That would ruin the surprise. My answer would be twofold. I think first we have unlocked what was a kind of a latent patriotism within the technology and defense sector. I say latent because if you look at the momentum through the kind of the early 2000s into the 20-teens,

The momentum in the tech sector amongst kind of the zeitgeist, amongst the employee kind of mindset was not one of patriotism. And to your question, you know, a half hour ago, whatever, like, are the best and brightest going to work at Lockheed, et cetera? Like, no, there was not an interest in working in the defense sector.

The momentum in the tech sector amongst kind of the zeitgeist, amongst the employee kind of mindset was not one of patriotism. And to your question, you know, a half hour ago, whatever, like, are the best and brightest going to work at Lockheed, et cetera? Like, no, there was not an interest in working in the defense sector.

The momentum in the tech sector amongst kind of the zeitgeist, amongst the employee kind of mindset was not one of patriotism. And to your question, you know, a half hour ago, whatever, like, are the best and brightest going to work at Lockheed, et cetera? Like, no, there was not an interest in working in the defense sector.

And I think like Andrel has unlocked that kind of latent talent to wake up and come work on problems that we view as the most important problems facing the world right now. We've unlocked that. The other half of that kind of card there is also by unlocking an incredible amount of funding and investment into this sector that had also been historically kind of lacking for this kind of segment.

And I think like Andrel has unlocked that kind of latent talent to wake up and come work on problems that we view as the most important problems facing the world right now. We've unlocked that. The other half of that kind of card there is also by unlocking an incredible amount of funding and investment into this sector that had also been historically kind of lacking for this kind of segment.

And I think like Andrel has unlocked that kind of latent talent to wake up and come work on problems that we view as the most important problems facing the world right now. We've unlocked that. The other half of that kind of card there is also by unlocking an incredible amount of funding and investment into this sector that had also been historically kind of lacking for this kind of segment.

And to your point about like, well, isn't this a bad customer? Like I'm used to winner take all. That's a lot of investors. And that's a lot of kind of traditional VC style investing where you're thinking about the next ad tech company or the next social media platform or something. And like, cool, I get it. Fine. Power to you. That's not this sector.

And to your point about like, well, isn't this a bad customer? Like I'm used to winner take all. That's a lot of investors. And that's a lot of kind of traditional VC style investing where you're thinking about the next ad tech company or the next social media platform or something. And like, cool, I get it. Fine. Power to you. That's not this sector.

And to your point about like, well, isn't this a bad customer? Like I'm used to winner take all. That's a lot of investors. And that's a lot of kind of traditional VC style investing where you're thinking about the next ad tech company or the next social media platform or something. And like, cool, I get it. Fine. Power to you. That's not this sector.

And thus through the 2000s and then into the 20 teens, investors weren't investing in this area. And I think that like we were able to both unlock that investor enthusiasm and then pivot that into unlocking this latent kind of patriotism in the tech talent base and be able to align the two of those on this mission set.

And thus through the 2000s and then into the 20 teens, investors weren't investing in this area. And I think that like we were able to both unlock that investor enthusiasm and then pivot that into unlocking this latent kind of patriotism in the tech talent base and be able to align the two of those on this mission set.

And thus through the 2000s and then into the 20 teens, investors weren't investing in this area. And I think that like we were able to both unlock that investor enthusiasm and then pivot that into unlocking this latent kind of patriotism in the tech talent base and be able to align the two of those on this mission set.

And ultimately, like at its absolute core, I know this is going to sound cheesy, but like at its absolute core, like a company is made up of their people. If we can get the most motivated, the brightest, the hardest working talent to work on these problems, then we will get good results.

And ultimately, like at its absolute core, I know this is going to sound cheesy, but like at its absolute core, like a company is made up of their people. If we can get the most motivated, the brightest, the hardest working talent to work on these problems, then we will get good results.

And ultimately, like at its absolute core, I know this is going to sound cheesy, but like at its absolute core, like a company is made up of their people. If we can get the most motivated, the brightest, the hardest working talent to work on these problems, then we will get good results.

Ultimately, I'm a little nervous about a lot of these companies kind of getting over their skis and then getting one or two fundraisers under them and then realizing it's a lot harder than it looks on paper and ultimately struggling and probably imploding.

Ultimately, I'm a little nervous about a lot of these companies kind of getting over their skis and then getting one or two fundraisers under them and then realizing it's a lot harder than it looks on paper and ultimately struggling and probably imploding.

Ultimately, I'm a little nervous about a lot of these companies kind of getting over their skis and then getting one or two fundraisers under them and then realizing it's a lot harder than it looks on paper and ultimately struggling and probably imploding.