Blake Scholl 🛫(@bscholl):If you're a defense tech startup, an actual shooting war is a golden opportunity to make sure your stuff is literally battlefield tested. You have to stay in the battle and keep iterating until you win.

2026.08.11 20:37

If you're a defense tech startup, an actual shooting war is a golden opportunity to make sure your stuff is literally battlefield tested. You have to stay in the battle and keep iterating until you win.

Molly O’Shea@MollySOShea

2026.08.11 17:42

Neros CEO @soren_ma calls out companies who left Ukraine after finding out their products didn't work: "There's very few defense tech startups that have a meaningful amount of equipment deployed in Ukraine." "A lot of companies unfortunately would rather develop on a test range in California and then just put their head in the sand when the thing doesn't work in the battlefield." "It's a clear trend I've observed." "A lot of companies tried to go over or had stuff sent over, and then the first time around it didn't work, and instead of persisting and saying, 'We're gonna fix the stuff that didn't work and try again and try again,' just ended up walking away."