Boyle: AI data center manufacturing lessons will help build cheaper military drones
Catherine Boyle · Weekly Recap: Matthew McConaughey on AI, Nvidia x OpenAI · Sep 27, 2025 · at 32:25
a16z General Partner Catherine Boyle discusses applying modular data center manufacturing techniques to defense hardware production.
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“I think they're going to have lots of learnings that are very applicable for everything that's happening with how do we build drones as quickly as possible in a modular way? How do we build missiles in a cheaper way that aren't, you know, million dollar missiles, But maybe there are 50 K missiles, right?”
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