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The Defense Tech Underground
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At Defense Tech Underground, our mission is to serve American national security by championing the transformative impact of technology on the common defense. Hosted by Stanford students and alumni with military or national security backgrounds, our podcast is the platform where key leaders in defense technology and national security—including founders, venture capitalists, government leaders, military leaders, and active service members—share their insights and experiences.
Episodes
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015: Rylan Hamilton & Austin Gray – Blue Water Autonomy: Building the Navy’s Future Fleet
Rylan Hamilton and Austin Gray are co-founders of Blue Water Autonomy, a venture-backed defense tech startup designing and building the next generation of autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy and beyond. Hamilton began his career as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy before moving into robotics....
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014: John Clark & Chris Moran – Lockheed Martin: Innovation with Purpose
John Clark is Senior Vice President of Technology and Strategic Innovation at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the legendary advanced development program behind the U-2, SR-71, F-117, and F-35. Over his 27-year career, including 25 inside Skunk Works, he has led some of the most important innovations...
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013: Jonny Dyer - Delivering Earth Intelligence With Muon Space
Jonny Dyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations that deliver mission-critical data. Prior to Muon, Jonny held technical leadership roles at Google Maps and Lyft, and was the Chief Engineer at...
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012: Ray Powell and SeaLight - Shedding Light on China’s Gray Zone Activities in the Indo-Pacific
Ray Powell is the Founder and Director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University. He is also the co-host of the “Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific?” podcast. Ray served 35 years in the U.S. Air Force,...
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011: Dr. Craig Martell - The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Dr. Craig Martell served as the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the DOD from June 2022 through April 2024. While at the Pentagon, he helped the Department of Defense modernize their approach to employing software. He now works as the Chief AI Officer for Cohesity, a...
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010: Dan Berkenstock: The Journey From Space Founder to Defense Tech Advisor
Dan Berkenstock is an entrepreneur, aerospace engineer, and Stanford PhD who co-founded Skybox Imaging, a satellite imaging company acquired by Google in 2014. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, focusing on space and defense policy research and...
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009: Jeff Decker - The Hacking for Defense Manual
Dr. Jeff Decker is managing director of the Technology Transition for Defense Program and co-instructor of Hacking for Defense at Stanford University. Before academia, Jeff served in the U.S. Army as a 2nd Ranger Battalion light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. After, he received…
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008: Pat Ryan & Rob Wittman: U.S. House Defense Modernization Caucus
Representative Rob Wittman is a Republican representing Virginia’s 1st Congressional district in the US House of Representatives. Representative Pat Ryan is a Democrat representing New York’s 18th Congressional district, and is a former Army intelligence officer who deployed to Iraq. Together…
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007: Wyman Howard - Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot - Innovation in the SEAL Teams
On this episode of the Defense Tech Underground, RADM (ret.) Wyman Howard - the former commander of the elite Navy Special Warfare Group and later the entire SEAL community - shares leadership lessons learned from his 32 years as a naval officer. He dives into the changing nature of warfare,...
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006: John Goodson - From Deployment to Darkhive
John Goodson is the co-founder and CEO of Darkhive, an early stage drone startup based in San Antonio, TX. John served from 2007-2016 in the United States Navy, primarily as a combat technician supporting the West coast SEAL Teams. John completed 4 tours of duty in Afghanistan and received…
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005: Raj Shah - Unit X: The Rise of the Defense Innovation Unit
Raj Shah is a former US Air Force F-16 pilot and was the head of the Defense Innovation Unit, Experimental. He now leads Shield Capital, an early stage venture capital firm investing in technologies that will secure America’s future. Raj is the author of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon…
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004: Trae Stephens - In Pursuit of Good Quests
Trae Stephens is the co-founder and executive chairman of Anduril, and partner at Founder’s Fund. After fighting his way into Georgetown University, Trae began his career working in Congressman Rob Portman’s office and at the Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States. He went on to work at...
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003: Nand Mulchandani - The CIA's Chief Technology Officer
Nand Mulchandani joined the Central Intelligence Agency as its first-ever Chief Technology officer in 2022, but his career started a long way from Langley. With degrees from Cornell, Harvard, and Stanford, he spent more than 25 years in tech as a serial entrepreneur and senior executive. He then...
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002: Michèle Flournoy: Your Country Needs You
Michèle Flournoy served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012 where she was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security...
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001: Steve Blank - Entrepreneur, Educator, & Prankster
Steve Blank came to Silicon Valley after serving in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Over nearly six decades, he witnessed the advent of the internet, built multiple companies, and developed “the scientific method for entrepreneurship” - the lean startup methodology. Steve then applied all…
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At Defense Tech Underground, our mission is to serve American national security by championing the transformative impact of technology on the common defense. Hosted by Stanford students and alumni with military or national security backgrounds, our podcast is the platform where key leaders in defense technology and national security—including founders, venture capitalists, government leaders, military leaders, and active service members—share their insights and experiences.
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