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The Shawn Ryan Show

#216 Katherine Boyle - America's Defense Tech Renaissance

10 Jul 2025

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5.363 - 7.336 Shawn Ryan

Katherine Boyle, welcome to the show.

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7.356 - 8.423 Katherine Boyle

Thanks so much for having me.

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8.625 - 35.893 Shawn Ryan

Thanks for being here. Thanks for being here. You came on my radar, what, about a couple of weeks ago from a mutual friend. And so I looked into you and you're invested in all of the companies that just fascinate me every day. And I'm brand new to, you know, kind of diving into the tech space. And man, like what a...

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35.873 - 56.515 Shawn Ryan

This has been mind-blowing for me just to be able to talk to these people who are just on a whole other operating field as everybody else and learning about some of the innovations and just talking to American innovators, which, to be honest, in the past couple years, I haven't had a lot of hope.

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57.052 - 65.61 Shawn Ryan

A lot of hope in our country, but since diving into the tech space and seeing, I mean, we really do have the world's best innovators.

65.63 - 65.95 Unknown

We do.

66.351 - 87.162 Shawn Ryan

And we attract that. These people come from all over the world to come here and live the American dream. I personally needed that to restore some hope in this country. And so, like I said, you're invested in a lot of those companies and a lot more than I even know about. And so it's just, it's an honor to have you here today. And I've been looking forward to this.

87.182 - 103.403 Katherine Boyle

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.

103.663 - 126.43 Katherine Boyle

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.

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