Sarah Hess @hesspresso_
National Security + Tech. Currently: @SVDG_official and @Lux_Capital. Formerly: @CIA, @NATO, @Apple and @Stanford. Views are my own. Joined November 2016-
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Love the smell of politics in the morning ☀️
Ask him about @Saronic’s maritime autonomy
Bill Burns on State Department v CIA cultures: "I had a bad habit the first few months [at CIA] about thinking out loud. And then I would discover at the end of that working day, there were a 14-page action plan that had been drawn up. For all I knew, aircraft were taking off"
Impossible to overstate the importance of this win. Please spread the word. Anduril is proving that with the right team and business model, a seven-year-old company can go toe-to-toe with players that have been around for 70+. The real winner? The United States of America.
Impossible to overstate the importance of this win. Please spread the word. Anduril is proving that with the right team and business model, a seven-year-old company can go toe-to-toe with players that have been around for 70+. The real winner? The United States of America.
The thumbnail images from defense tech news articles are such a vibe
Interesting article by @payloadspace on startup funding versus launches payloadspace.com/payload-resear…
Biggest lesson from Riskgaming? DC types always start hyper-competitive and then try to cooperate over time to recover lost trust. Startup folks tend to start cooperative, and then get far more competitive over time. Important cultural difference that explains a lot of DC/tech
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No one in defense - not the Generals, not the defense companies, not the politicians - wants to go to war. No one wants to write a letter home to a parent telling them their son or daughter was lost in combat. There are plenty of times we've justified not engaging in combat, and…
No one in defense - not the Generals, not the defense companies, not the politicians - wants to go to war. No one wants to write a letter home to a parent telling them their son or daughter was lost in combat. There are plenty of times we've justified not engaging in combat, and…
The move to EVs needs to include some solution to the regenerative braking / motion sickness problem. I’m not going to want to buy a Tesla if I feel like I’m going to throw up every time I ride in one. @elonmusk please help 🙏
In case you missed it, it was this girls birthday last week. Happy Birthday @hesspresso_ 🇺🇸❤️
“One prevailing theme was the inherent difficulty for startups in working with government entities, particularly the Department of Defense. Sarah Hess, West Coast Director of @SVDG_official, pointed out the DOD's historical inefficiencies in procurement.” forbes.com/sites/heatherw…
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Happy birthday to this lovely lady (Sarah Hess @hesspresso_). Defensetech maven!
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Never forget the time Lex Fridman made Zuck take a robot captcha test before his interview
Let’s go. Back at it with the American Dynamism gang. 🇺🇸🤙 @decisivepointvc @a16z @MichelleVolz @davidu
We are excited to cohost another National Security Breakfast in Midtown, NY with @MichelleVolz and @a16z during #NYCTechWeek. Don't miss out, register today here: partiful.com/e/x4bxGw92UGhv…
We are excited to cohost another National Security Breakfast in Midtown, NY with @MichelleVolz and @a16z during #NYCTechWeek. Don't miss out, register today here: partiful.com/e/x4bxGw92UGhv…
Start ‘em young 🚀 Courtesy of @anduriltech Made in America 🇺🇸
family morning workout with @POTUS on the south lawn
🙋🏻♀️we love when leaders value comms
learning how to say something in 30 seconds that takes most people 5 minutes is a big unlock
Here for the American Dynamite 🧨
Excited to announce my new mascot role at @EnchiladasSurf alongside @MichelleVolz and @mttgrmm. Thank you @Zsshore for the honor. The drippiest swag for the drippiest defense tech clan.
@hesspresso_ @EnchiladasSurf @MichelleVolz @Zsshore Sarah hey sorry I don't mean to be aggressive but actually I own Enchiladas Surfboards and any claim to the contrary is inaccurate and defamatory bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/Get…
@hesspresso_ @Saronic Dude looks like he’s about to sell me a used car
Halloween isn’t until October but here at Anduril we deliver ahead of schedule
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Halloween isn’t until October but here at Anduril we deliver ahead of schedule
Lux portfolio has been busy! Applied Intuition raises at $6B valuation HuggingFace raises at $4.5B valuation CoStar acquires Matterport for $2B Databricks raises at $43B valuation Varda lands space manufacturing capsule back on Earth Anduril unveils autonomous jet, Fury and so…
Want to know what we've been up to recently? More about our $5B+ AI companies, mega-rounds, exits in our latest spring update below ⚙️🤖🧪🖥️🚀 campaigns.luxcapital.com/t/y-B21549042D…
Closing dinner for @Nominal_io...this still a thing or am I dating myself?
1/ Today we share @Nominal_io with the world. We are on a mission to revolutionize the way mission-critical hardware systems are tested, validated, and monitored. We’ve been hard at work for the past 18 months building our core product offering, working with early customers…
Bill Burns on State Department v CIA cultures: "I had a bad habit the first few months [at CIA] about thinking out loud. And then I would discover at the end of that working day, there were a 14-page action plan that had been drawn up. For all I knew, aircraft were taking off"
@AdamPorterPrice @miranda_nover @AdamWarmoth comp season just passed -- settle down champ
@miranda_nover @AdamWarmoth We work very hard though
@miranda_nover @AdamWarmoth It’s literally two people
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