defense tech

8 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Oct 31, 2022 by Brian Singerman · across every show →

Everything said about defense tech, oldest first

Oct 31, 2022 bullish
Opinion
Singerman: Bullish on defense tech, but no team compares to Anduril
“Defense tech is an area that I'm bullish on, but there's nothing like Endural.”
Brian Singerman Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 48:52 Brian Singerman: How I Became a Partner at Founders Fund, Why We Put $400M into Anduril | 20VC #943 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 17, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Roughly $100 billion in venture capital recently entered defense tech
“We've had roughly a hundred billion dollars of venture investment enter defense tech recently, last couple of years.”
Shyam Sankar Jan 17, 2024 ▶ 29:44 Shyam Sankar: The Broken Incentive Structure of How Governments Buy Defence | E1104 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 19, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Eisenberg: Investors will lose a lot of money chasing defense tech
“And so people will lose a lot of money chasing the new, new thing, which today happens to be defense in addition to AI.”
Michael Eisenberg Jun 19, 2024 ▶ 30:29 Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 6, 2024 negative
Opinion
Chirls: Defense tech is popular among mega VCs due to capital inefficiency
“I believe that the big venture firms, defense tech is great, right? Defense tech, those companies are going to be insanely capital inefficient. They're going to require insane amounts of money. My view is like American dynamism and defense tech as a theme. It'…”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 37:38 Nicholas Chirls: Why Big VCs Ruin Startups, VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today & Most VCs are Bankers |E1198 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 11, 2024 negative
Insight
Torsten Reil: Complex defense tech startups cannot be built by solo founders
“I would say Helsing is a company that you can only co-found. You need to have multiple founders.”
Torsten Reil Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 16:10 Torsten Reil, Helsing Founder: Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | E1237 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 23, 2026
Insight
Steckman: Defense tech success requires blending commercial tech outsiders and industry insiders
“Founding teams, one of the most important things in, in defense is some of them can be outsiders and, you know, brilliant technologists and thinkers. It does take a lot of inside knowledge and I think that one of the things we got right and keep getting right …”
Matthew Steckman Mar 23, 2026 ▶ 3:36 99% of Drone Companies Will Die & Why Anduril’s Products Aren’t an Ethics Debate | Matthew Steckman · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2029
Andreessen: a16z will 100% not pass on defense tech deals again
“And so you'll notice that like we are now extremely enthusiastic investors in defense tech and in you know, things involving law enforcement, national security, public safety and, you know, say a hundred percent, we would not make that same mistake again.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:12:54 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 27, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
O'Driscoll: Defense tech venture returns will suffer from market consolidation
“I think an area where, despite it being amazing for America and important for the world, I think the venture returns of the March might be tough will be defense, not because we don't need all these products, but because I think there's an element of that busin…”
Rory O'Driscoll Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 1:20:52 Anthropic's $30T Assumption & OpenAI Confirms IPO | Why Customer Service & Robotics are Overinflated
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