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.
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,…
In an era of converging exponential technologies, deep tech startup teams and serial entrepreneurs who are innovating for national security must structure their thinking to operate as exponential organizations (ExOs) – aligned to technological, accelerationist drivers. We discussed what you and your team need to know last week at Deep Tech Week NYC. Details are…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been at the forefront of enhancing the United States’ cybersecurity posture. OODA Loop’s comprehensive analyses shed light on CISA’s initiatives, particularly the Shields Up! campaign and the activities of the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC), emphasizing the agency’s proactive approach to emerging cyber threats.
Michael Kratsios was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25, 2025, as the 13th Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in a bipartisan 74–25 vote. In this role, he also serves as the President’s Science Advisor, guiding national strategies on emerging technologies, innovation, and scientific research. He has just…
OODA CTO Bob Gourley is joined by technologist and national security expert Dan Gerstein from Rand Corporation. Dan is also the author of the recently released book entitled “The Story of Technology”.