Evan Loomis on Protecting the World, AI, and Living on the Moon

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This week we had a fascinating chat with Evan Loomis, General Partner at Overmatch and Founder of ICON.

We discuss investing in our defense and how the U.S. strategy is moving from big to small and from expensive to cheap. He’ll also educate us on our weak spots, how we compare to Russia and China, and how autonomous weapons and surveillance vehicles keep our brightest servicemen and women out of harm's way.

We’ll then shift gears away from Earth and talk about the commercialization of space and how Evan’s revolutionary company is trying to solve the housing crisis and will one day build the first human habitat on the moon.

We finish with Evan’s thoughts on the incredible power, opportunity, and fear that AI is creating.

Key Takeaways

• [00:16] - Introducing Evan Loomis and Overmatch Ventures
• [04:57] - How tech is shifting the U.S. defense strategy
• [09:35] - What does the defense tech investment landscape look like?
• [15:33] - Comparing the U.S. to China and Russia
• [20:39] - Economic and tech needs to help keep the U.S. out of a conflict
• [27:55] - The commercialization and defense of space
• [33:48] - How Icon is trying to solve the housing crisis…and how it involves the moon
• [40:41] - Where we’re headed in an AI-fueled world

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Links

• Evan Loomis
• Overmatch Ventures
• Defense Innovation Unit
• Critical Technology Tracker
• Starlink
• Icon
• 3D printing homes on Earth, someday the moon | 60 Minutes

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