Akhil Iyer

1 appearance on the record.

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Assertion Supported

Iyer: Defense startups are increasingly using middle-ground contract vehicles like OTAs

“It's not just Sibers and program of record, right? And you saw the Secretary of Defense's memo around use of, you know, the newer software acquisition pathways and specifically other contract vehicles or other transactions to help facilitate this. And that's e…”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 14:01 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

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Opinion

Iyer: The US is falling behind China in robotics and AI testing

“I grow increasingly concerned that we are just frankly behind. In terms of the model development, the application of hardware and the synthesis they're in both from a hardware standpoint, from the software standpoint, and then critically the ability to test.”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 4:42 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Opinion

Iyer: Very few defense tech startups will ever reach Anduril's scale

“There's only gonna be so many andurals, right? There's only gonna be so many that can, that, that can speed and scale.”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 8:58 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Opinion

Iyer: Defense tech founders and investors do not need military backgrounds

“I don't think you need to have a military background to do this. I think there's amazing American patriots that just want to get involved and they have really core technical skills elsewhere. I think it's helpful that, you know, folks came from the visceral op…”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 12:11 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Iyer: US industrial base capacity cannot significantly expand by 2027

“We are going to have the industrial base we have. By 20, 27, right? That's not that. That's 18 months from now. So we have to figure out what we can do with the capacity we have.”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 2:10 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Insight

Iyer: 'Contested logistics' misses the point; the real issue is constrained sustainment

“And I specifically call it sustainment, not logistics for a couple of reasons. One, this term of contested logistics, while important, doesn't get to the root of the issues, which is how do you both operate in a constrained environment? So how do you do things…”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 7:04 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Insight

Iyer: Accreditation and deployment bottlenecks stall defense AI applications

“Half half the challenge with a lot of the AI applications is you don't have the models accredited. You don't have the models deployed in a way that they can actually be used.”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 9:32 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Assertion Supported

Iyer: Defense startups are increasingly using middle-ground contract vehicles like OTAs

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 14:01 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Insight

Iyer: Unpaid pilots and CRADAs are crucial for defense autonomy startups

“Sometimes an unpaid pilot is super helpful. Going on a Crata which I think, you know, Saronic and others had done in the early days, access to data, access to testing environments is just as important, particularly for those within the autonomy space, right? T…”

Akhil Iyer Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 14:26 Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS | Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Why 2027 and 2049 are KEY YEARS \| Akhil Iyer on TBPN April 3rd	Apr 8, 2025	10m

Akhil Iyer

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