Katherine Boyle

a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz

4 podcast appearances

Every podcast appearance by Katherine Boyle

Top clips

a16z Podcast · Katherine Boyle

Why US-made drones still depend on Chinese components

A defense industry expert explains the manufacturing challenge facing US drone production: while companies can build drones domestically, most component parts still come from China and other countries. The discussion highlights the need to incentivize domestic manufacturing of these smaller parts to achieve true supply chain independence in defense technology.

19:04 - 19:4339s

drone-manufacturing supply-chain defense-tech

a16z Podcast · Katherine Boyle

market insight

Silicon Valley VCs are now openly investing in hypersonic weapons companies

A venture capitalist discusses how defense investing has rapidly shifted from taboo to mainstream in Silicon Valley. They explain their thesis of investing ahead of emerging theaters like space warfare, noting how attitudes toward funding hypersonic weapons companies completely changed between just a few years ago and 2023.

0:04 - 0:2520s

defense-tech venture-capital space-warfare

a16z Podcast · Katherine Boyle

market insight

How Google's refusal to work with Defense sparked a patriotic tech movement

The speaker traces how Silicon Valley's relationship with government defense work shifted dramatically after Google employees walked out of Project Maven in 2017. This pivotal moment sparked the founding of defense-focused companies like Anduril, as patriotic engineers decided they wanted to work in the national interest despite broader tech industry resistance.

4:04 - 4:4843s

defense-tech google-maven patriotic-entrepreneurship

a16z Podcast · Katherine Boyle

Consequences

If you have fifteen years where everyone says, oh, we're not going to build this or work or the best engineers are not going to go into these companies, then it ultimately leads to a decay. You haven't done research and development. You're not fighting the next theater.

Clear cause-and-effect about talent drain leading to military unpreparedness. The 'decay' metaphor and 'fighting the next theater' language creates urgency around the consequences of neglecting defense innovation.

16:48 - 17:1325s

a16z Podcast · Katherine Boyle

prediction

Why Silicon Valley's next 25 years will be defined by defense tech

A bold prediction that defense innovation will become the defining characteristic of Silicon Valley's next quarter-century. The speaker argues that America's technological superiority is meaningless unless applied to national security, positioning defense tech as crucial for maintaining global competitiveness.

0:25 - 0:4116s

defense-tech national-security silicon-valley-innovation

Episodes

a16z Podcast

WSJ x a16z: The Next 25 Years of Defense Innovation

Katherine BoyleFeb 17, 202630 min

Katherine Boyle from a16z discusses the evolution of defense tech investing in Silicon Valley, from when mentioning patriotism was taboo to today's embrace of national security investments. She explores how geopolitical events like the Ukraine war shifted Valley attitudes and why the next 25 years will be defined by applying American tech innovation to defense and space.

a16z Podcast

Katherine Boyle on Shawn Ryan

Katherine BoyleAug 30, 20252h 52min

a16z Podcast

Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America

Katherine BoyleJun 30, 202553 min

Invest Like the Best

Katherine Boyle - Investing for America - [Invest Like the Best, EP.290]

Katherine BoyleAug 16, 202257 min