Commercial Technology and Defense Innovation

Part 6 of our special season on defense innovation is with Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux, Managing Partner of Global Space Ventures which invests in critical technologies, and was an early-investor in SpaceX. Laetitia is also an advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense and NATO, and a board member of the XPRIZE, which launched in partnership with Elon Musk a $100M Carbon Renewal XPRIZE. Topics covered in this episode include space tech in Texas, SBIC funding for VCs and why the DoD has a new interest in dual-use tech.