Defense Budget

topic on 6 shows · 8 statements across 7 episodes

American Optimist WTF is with Nikhil Kamath Sourcery the a16z Podcast TBPN David Senra

8 statements about Defense Budget, every show

DAVID SENRA Assertion Partly supported
Reil: Germany's defense budget is growing to over †€150B by 2029
“It's also the country that has in absolute terms, probably now the biggest growing defense budget, going from fifty two billion euros last year to originally, I think, hundred and fifty three billion in 2029. I think it's gone up again to over one hundred and …”
Torsten Reil Aug 26, 2026 ▶ 41:48 Building Defense Technologies to Protect Democracies | Torsten Reil, Helsing
WTF Insight
Christodoulides: Increasing national defense budgets is the only way to avoid war
“But if you want to avoid war, you need to increase your defense budget. It's the only way to avoid avoid war.”
Nikos Christodoulides Jul 1, 2026 ▶ 37:27 Nikos Christodoulides on Why India Must Lead What Comes Next | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
TBPN Insight
Karp: Defense tech competitors increase government budget allocation
“They increase the size of the market because de facto, nobody wants to find an underrated market where there's only one person. So like, if you're the one person, the percentage of the defense budget you can get is much smaller. And two, they set up a comparat…”
Alex Karp Jun 4, 2026 ▶ 15:20 Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Tokenmaxxing & Taste
TBPN Assertion Supported
Asparouhov: Congressional reconciliation bill considers $150B to $200B defense budget boost
“There's been talk of that reconciliation bill being a 150 to 200, you know, sort of billion, which obviously gets, you know, sort of the total last year bill, you know, pretty close to that, you know, sort of trillion dollar mark.”
Delian Asparouhov Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 13:57 How Tech Can Save America | Delian Asparouhov on TBPN
a16z Assertion Supported
Miller: U.S. Army Receives 21% of Defense Budget with <50% Flexibility
“Now, today, the Army is only 21% of the defense budget. We are everywhere. We, the Army, are everywhere. And again, this is gonna sound a little parochial, but we're on the border. We're the Global Response Force. We're the Immediate Response Force. We're the …”
Alex Miller Apr 2, 2025 ▶ 33:49 Can the Military Move at Startup Speed? How the Army and Navy Are Rebuilding
a16z Assertion Supported
Fanelli: Defense Innovation Unit Accounts for Under 1% of Defense Budget
“When we still talk about DIU is, like, less than one percent of the budget.”
Justin Fanelli Apr 2, 2025 ▶ 36:55 Can the Military Move at Startup Speed? How the Army and Navy Are Rebuilding
SOURCERY Prediction Not checkable as stated
The capped defense budget will yield only tens of new primes
“I think we probably think it's a little overhyped in general, where we think it's real for sure, but it's not going to be an opportunity the size of software or AI or something like that. The defense budget is naturally limited as a percentage of the economy. …”
Alex Kolicich Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 48:45 Alex Kolicich, 8VC | AI & Defense Tech Renaissance · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Lonsdale: Half of US defense budget is effectively contractor welfare
“I build a lot of defense companies, but I look at like half the defense budget and it's like welfare for like, for defense stuff. It's not even stuff that we need against our adversaries”
Joe Lonsdale Jan 11, 2023 ▶ 23:06 Andrew Yang Will Change How You Think About Politics · Joe Lonsdale

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