Nathan Mintz
CEO & Co-Founder, CX2. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Nathan Mintz is a serial defense entrepreneur who co-founded Epirus and Spartan Radar. He currently leads CX2, an electronic warfare startup building AI-enabled software and hardware to detect and defeat RF and drone threats.
1shows
1appearances
15statements
5resolved
3supported
1contradicted
60%fully supported
Everything Nathan Mintz said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Mintz: California spent $20B on homelessness as homeless population rose 20%
“The state has spent twenty billion dollars on homeless services in the last five years. Twenty billion dollars. The number of homeless people in the state's gone up 20% in that time.”
Mintz: Legacy defense contractors wait on government and deliver obsolete tech
“I think that, ah, the biggest issue they face is that they kind of wait around for the government to tell them what to build, rather than going out there and trying to invent New solutions for the problems, and the government does things on a, along a structur…”
Mintz: Directed energy weapons eliminate battlefield ammunition and magazine constraints
“The way I see it, directed energy weapons are a game changer on the battlefield. They don't have any of these magazine depth problems. The headlines right now are plagued with ammunition shortages and missile shortages and how are we going to replenish all thi…”
Mintz: Special interests control Sacramento assembly votes and punish dissent
“Well, one thing I learned is that Sacramento is basically locked into a number of special interests who pretty much called the shots in the state, and the assemblymen mostly on the majority side, but some on the minority side, Show up, and they get their votin…”
Mintz: Legacy defense primes offer great early-career multidisciplinary training
“I would say it's a great place to start your career. You spend the first five years there, especially if you don't just stay on one program, you get into a development environment, you work on a few different things and see a few different disciplines. The, th…”
Mintz: Big defense contractors punish downside while offering zero upside for innovation
“That's the underlying problem is that in big companies like that, you own none of the success, and you pay for all of the downside risk. So there's really no incentive for you to take a risk, whereas in startups, it's the inverse.”
Mintz: Fully autonomous vehicles are at least five years away
“I would say we're at least five years away.”
Mintz: Elon Musk could reach Mars by around 2026
“I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Elon makes it to Mars by twenty-twenty-six or so.”
Mintz: 90% of 200 counter-drone systems were ineffective garage-built jammers
“And so there had been a study published that showed there were 200 different systems for counter UAS and 90% of them were crappy jammers that somebody built in their garage for like 40,000 dollars and didn't work.”
Mintz: Passenger car OEM design cycles range from two to ten years
“The passenger car design cycle, depending on if you're talking about a Chinese OEM an American OEM, European or Japanese can go from two to 10 years even”
Mintz: Early startup hires should bring their own talent networks
“When you're building an early team, you really need to look at, are these people that are going to scale? Right. Are these people that come with a team of their own? And when you recognize that maybe those wells are a little dry, it's time to bring in new peop…”
Mintz: US lacks 80,000 truck drivers with median age nearing 50
“We have 80,000 we're 80,000 truck drivers short. The median age of truck drivers in this country is approaching 50 years old.”
Mintz: Asteroid mining is likely about 20 years away
“I think so. I think it's probably more like 20 years away than five years away, but we're certainly trending in that direction”
Mintz: 8,000 People Die in Truck-Related Accidents Annually
“I mean, we have 8000 people that die in truck related accidents every year, and it's just, it's unnecessary, and it's wasteful.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Nathan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 AMERICAN OPTIMISTLEDGER | CEO & Co-Founder, CX2 | 1 | 15 | 60% 3/5 | full record on American Optimist → |