In this episode, we talk to Christian Haarmeijer,the founder and CEO of RE-liON, a European defence technology company that develops immersive training, human performance optimisation, and decision-support systems for military and security organisations. 

In the episode, we talk with Evaristo Parra and Milo Van Dall, the founders of BioGate, an LA-based start-up building real-time biosecurity compliance infrastructure ahead of the US BIOSECURE Act coming into force.

We talk about how they saw fragmented compliance processes were becoming a choke point for biotech companies, how a pre-legal audit layer surfaces potential issues, and how efficient use of legal expertise gives biotech companies the ability to move faster and stay focussed.

In this episode, we talk with Graham Booth, the founder of 2IC, a defence tech company getting digital platforms to communicate with each other in contested environments.

We discuss how data moves through the battlefield, how 2IC created a new software architecture that acts as the “glue” between unmanned platforms, What the UK-controlled sovereign stack, SCEPTRE is all about and how to make legacy systems work with new defence tech.

In the episode, we talk to Daniel Lansley, director and co-founder of Unbreakable Projects, a defence company that offers validation-as-a-service to test products, systems, and technologies in some of the world’s most hostile and unpredictable environments.

We talk about their first project, Mission 001 on Everest taking place in the next few weeks, the need to test new hardware solutions in the high north due to the current geopolitical situation and their advisory team that brings together former Tier 1 special forces and Commando veterans.

In this episode, we talk to Hugo Jammes, former British Army Officer, former Managing Partner of the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) now general partner at EDT Ventures.

We talk about the current geopolitical situation, the trends in defence investing, the dangers of innovation theatre, the NATO emerging technologies strategy and the need to think internationally.

In this episode, we talk to James Milnes, founder of MissionOpsAI, a UK-based defence tech company focused on bringing 'Mission Command' governance and data sovereignty to defence.

We discuss how the lack of transparency and control in current AI models is affecting high-stakes industries, how their work enables organisations to orchestrate multi-model AI workflows on their own infrastructure, maintain total data sovereignty, and ensure every autonomous decision is backed by an immutable audit trail.

In this episode, we talk to Mark Smith, founder of BCE Defensive, a UK-based defence company focused on protecting the vital organs on soldiers.

We discuss the difficulties of protection from a penetrating neck injury, how their NG-Serpa allows soldiers to operate in challenging environments whilst being protected from fragmentation, and how the feedback they got from Ukrainian soldiers helped them to develop the product.

In this episode, we talk to Stuart Snedden, co-founder of 1415 industries, a UK-based defence tech company focused on counter-drone training and simulation.

We discuss their journey to create their innovative Banshee platform, how modern EW is affecting the battlefield and how their work enables operators to experience real-world drone behaviours, test counter-UAS systems safely, and validate readiness before deployment. 

In this episode, we talk to Tim Taylor, Founder and CEO of Tiburon Subsea, a company that’s been developing highly innovative Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to help democratise ocean data.

We discuss his 30-year career in marine exploration, the development of the JETTE™ propulsion system, his inspiring work finding lost submarines and the future of underwater autonomous vehicles.