The Army Is Paying VCs to Scout Startups — Meet the Man Running It w/ Sam Spencer Pittman

Описание: Sam Spencer Pittman is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army — and the Army's first-ever Private Capital Integrator. His job: build a direct pipeline between defense startups, venture capitalists, and the Army's $750M innovation portfolio.

In this episode, we break down:
What Army Fuze actually is and how it works
The X Tech competition pipeline (from $20K prize to $2M contract)
How VCs are being brought into the field to watch soldiers test startup tech in real time
What the Army is actively looking for right now (autonomous systems, counter-UAS, arctic power generation)
How to engage with Army Fuze as a founder or investor

If you're a defense startup founder, investor, or contractor trying to understand how the Army is actually buying new technology — this is the episode.

🔗 Army Fuze / PIT: https://pit.army.mil/
🔗 X Tech competitions: https://xtech.army.mil/
📍 Recorded live at Frontier House DC