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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
The April 2025 OODA Network meeting focused on the operational challenges and strategic promise of the “Golden Dome” initiative—an ambitious U.S. effort to develop a multi-layered, AI-driven space and missile defense shield. The dialogue, anchored by former Space Force CTO Lisa Costa, revealed the strategic, technological, and cultural shifts necessary to confront emerging threats in…
In 2011, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) began sharply prioritizing robotics as a strategic sector, officially declaring it a national priority. Since then, increasingly aggressive goals have been set, and investment in robotics has surged. Today, we are witnessing the early results of this massive effort. With the March 2025 release of the new…
Deep Tech must be sold before it scales. At a recent panel entitled “Commercializing Deep Tech,” leaders from frontier hardware ventures and strategic capital convened to share tactical strategies for turning outlandish ideas into industrial inevitabilities.
Earlier this month, as part of Deep Tech Week NYC 2025, a unique summit hosted by Everstar and Steel Atlas at HOF Capital brought together innovators, investors, and policy minds to reimagine the future of nuclear energy through financing, reform, and next-gen technology.
The recent Ligandal Future of Biotech Summit—part of Deep Tech Week NYC—convened business leaders and innovators in biotech, AI, and venture capital to forecast a future in which programmable biology, decentralized manufacturing, and quantum-informed AI radically transform therapeutics, diagnostics, and biosecurity.
Leaders from the U.S. intelligence and defense sectors are sounding the alarm: The pace of technological disruption is outstripping institutional agility—especially when it comes to adopting dual-use innovations and mitigating emerging threats.
As relations between Beijing and Washington continue to deteriorate, China has also escalated its war of public opinion with the United States.
In this post, I examine the steps Xi Jinping could take to try to cripple the U.S. economy through financial warfare, along with the range of U.S. responses that could follow. I also offer a net assessment of who might prevail. While a full-scale economic war with the PRC may still be a low-probability event,…
Jim Miller has worked for four decades on a combination of private and public sector initiatives focused on addressing a wide variety of national security threats. He has held numerous positions within the Department of Defense including serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and has been awarded the DoD’s highest civilian award four…
Chet Richards was a close associate of the late US Air Force Colonel John Boyd. He was there as the concept of the OODA Loop was being developed and constructed the first graphics of the OODA Loop from sketches Boyd drew. Chet is the author of the widely read business book “Certain to Win” which…
Courtney Bowman leads Palantir’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Engineering Team. In this capacity he works extensively with local, state and international governments and philanthropic partners to develop technology-driven solutions to information sharing needs that respect applicable privacy, security and data integrity requirements. He does so in a way that is informed by experience and well…
Kevin DeSanto is an investment banker delivering advice and execution assistance to high growth businesses preparing for M&A and financial transactions. His company, KippsDeSanto, has developed a reputation for trusted execution support for companies in government contracting, aerospace, defense and cybersecurity. He leads teams that advise senior management, boards of directors and shareholders. The art…
Bradley Rotter is a visionary investor who has pioneered investments in many new alternative investments classes including having been an early backer of hedge funds in 1982 while speculating on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He was also an early investor in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency ecosystems and at a dinner with OODA CEO Matt Devost…
Andrew (Andy) Lustig is a partner at the high tech law firm Cooley, where he focuses on private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions and the general corporate representation of high-growth technology companies in both the commercial and government marketplace. His practice includes a wide range of industry sectors including information technology, national security, cybersecurity, data…
Paul Pagnato migrated from a career as a scientist looking for life in outer space to one of the top financial advisors in the U.S. with a keen eye for tracking innovation, exponential change, and other emerging global issues. He is also the author of the recent book, The Transparency Wave, which highlights the essential…
Bill Crowell is a senior executive with extensive experience in government (rose to the level of Deputy Director of the National Security Agency) and in industry. He has been a CEO of leading companies like Cylink, taking them through growth to acquisition. He has been a director of multiple public and private companies with a…
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cupler Ring Trilogy (The Inner Circle, The Fifth Assassin, The President’s Shadow), The Escape Artist, The Book of Lies and many other thrillers loved by millions for their realism and well researched fact based themes and drama filled plots. He is also widely…
There is hardly a person more suited to speak with the OODA team on OODA Loops that former Air Force pilot John Robb. John has worked successfully in a variety of domains to include the special operations community, as an industry analyst, successful start-up founder, and national security expert. John Robb has distinguished himself with…
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