Boots, Boards & Breakthroughs - Jake Windle | Part II
Drone Wars13 Jun 2025

Boots, Boards & Breakthroughs - Jake Windle | Part II

In Part II of our interview with Jake Windle, we zoom out from battlefield innovation and into the bigger picture: how the defense ecosystem is evolving, and why venture capital is now a critical tool for national security. Host Dan Magy and Jake explore what defines "Defense Tech 2.0," how bureaucratic gridlock stalls promising solutions, and why the military must rethink how it evaluates risk. Jake also shares advice for founders looking to work with the DoD and explains how Harpoon ...

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