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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Working across national security, public health emergencies, and disaster responses, one truth has become increasingly clear: our world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and our traditional organizational structures are struggling to keep up. From responding to 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in 2001 to addressing SARS and monkeypox outbreaks in 2003, and more recently…
The global retreat from U.S. dollar dominance is no longer theoretical—it’s in motion, accelerated by trade wars, central bank politicization, and a shifting economic order increasingly open to cryptocurrency.
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy’s 2025 Business of Quantum Summit positioned the quantum computing ecosystem at a pivotal inflection point between hype and strategic transformation.
As AI agents become core contributors to software development, experts at Deep Tech Week’s GenAI Collective NYC event outlined a fast-approaching paradigm shift — from code completion to autonomous software engineering.
Like the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Winter of 2020, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are once again serving as the first visible flashpoint in a looming intermodal supply chain disruption, offering an early warning signal of the economic fallout from shifting tariff policies and global supply chain reconfigurations.
Hardware is having a moment in NYC — and these founders are proving it’s possible to build physical products in New York City (which conventional wisdom says would be tough if not impossible. A recent Deep Tech Week NYC panel – hosted by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism practice – brought together the minds behind New…
In an unprecedented showcase of robotic innovation, Beijing hosted the world’s first Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon.
Recently, the U.S. president signed an executive order (EO) that transferred some of the responsibility to improve their key infrastructure from the federal government to states. The move comes at a time when the current Administration has been cutting federal jobs, some with cybersecurity missions such as at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency,…
AI models aren’t just autocomplete engines anymore—SweetBench and SuiteAgent are transforming the evaluation of long-context performance for real-world autonomous coding tasks.
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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