Banks initially categorized missile startup Castelion alongside porn and gambling
Bryon Hargis · How to Enable a Manufacturing Renaissance · May 1, 2025 · at 12:23
Bryon Hargis, co-founder and CEO of defense hardware startup Castelion, shares early operational hurdles in launching a missile manufacturing business.
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“We couldn't even get a bank account. We tried to open a bank account and they, we just got dumped into like, well, you're basically the same as porn and gambling. So we're not going to give you a bank account.”
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