Dhruva Rajendra discusses autonomy, defense innovation, mergers, and lessons from Ukraine.

Timestamps:

(0:00 ) Intro

(0:35 ) This Week in Startups Podcast

(2:40 ) Michael Saylor & MicroStrategy

(5:36 ) Steve's Review of Wicked

(10:21 ) Company Updates

(13:33 ) Fuses

(17:42 ) BlueHalo-AeroVironment Merger

(25:55 ) Elon's F-35 Debate

(36:49 ) The Future is Autonomy

(40:58 ) Podcast Rebrand

(44:50 ) America's Missing Pieces in Defense

(50:00 ) Not Learning From Ukraine

(56:17 ) Small Drone Markets & Regulations

(1:06:40 ) Building Ahead of Requirement

(1:11:25 ) Commercial Use Case First

(1:14:40 ) Different Weapons for Each Conflict

(1:16:45 ) Could America Just Retool For War?

(1:21:09 ) Outro

Dhruva Rajendra is the co-founder and CEO of Deterrence, a defense tech startup company building advanced autonomous manufacturing systems.

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