New Mexico Pledges $100 Million to Back First Vehicle of America’s Frontier Fund As reported by Rob James at the WSJ: The state’s commitment anchors AFF’s first fund to back companies in industries …
Razor’s Edge Ventures, National Security Investment and the Future of American Competitiveness
National Security Technology Investor Razor’s Edge Closes Oversubscribed $340 Million Investment Fund https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/1572317188790583296 As OODA CEO Matt Devost mentioned at …
The Interim Report of the U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
The U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology publicly released its first report in January of this year - with ideas and recommendations "they will be advancing throughout …
Allied Nations’ Quantum Industrial Base and the Reauthorization of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative
As allies and adversaries alike are actively making sizable investments in quantum systems, the U.S. will need to maintain momentum to secure a global leadership position in quantum science. Following …
Are Computer Chip-based “Chokepoints” the Future of AI Compute, National Security and American Competitiveness?
National Security policy and cybersecurity innovation at the physical layer - to solve some of the vexing security issues and as a strategic opportunity for technological advantage and American …
a16z Announces $500 Million Commitment to American Dynamism Investment Portfolio
Over the last 18 months, we have been tracking a growing community of venture capital firms committed to National Security Investment for American Competitiveness (including Schmidt Futures, America's …
Thomas Tull Chairs the $5 Billion US Innovative Technology Fund; Shield AI among Early Investments
A clear inflection point over the course of Q3 and Q4 of 2022 was in National Security Investment for American Competitiveness. As a result, this theme was also featured in the OODA Alamanac 2023 …
A Proactive National Technology Strategy in the Great Power Competition with China
The co-authors of a recent article in Foreign Affairs, America Could Lose the Tech Contest With China, Eric Schmidt and Yll Bajraktari, are Chair and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project …
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Gains Private Sector Traction and Other Noteworthy Cyber Efforts from the Institute
In our recent OODA Loop Stratigame - Scenario Planning for Global Computer Chip Supply Chain Disruption - in all four scenarios we determined: 1) Public-private partnership in the cybersecurity …
The DoD’s Office of Strategic Capital Launches Small Business Initiative; America’s Frontier Fund Forms Strategic Innovation Group
A crucial insight wrought from our 2022 research was based on a pattern garnered from our Opportunities for Advantage Series - which grew out of the OODA Alamanac 2022: Exponential Disruption- which …