Little: Outcome-focused executive orders will boost defense tech startups and VC returns
Greg Little · How Palantir Is Modernizing the Military With AI · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jul 22, 2025 · at 19:32
Greg Little, Senior Counselor at Palantir, explains how procurement reforms are lowering barriers for defense tech startups and venture investors.
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“We're seeing really impactful executive orders to be able to focus on outcomes, to focus on firm fixed price, to focus on use of commercial capabilities, which I think is fundamentally changing how we do business, which is going to make it more successful For new entrants to get into the department, but also for private capital to get the corresponding return because the department allows for flexibility.”
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