Adam Hammer, co-founder and CEO of a deep-tech studio in Albuquerque, translates national-security research into companies, leveraging investor/operator and defense-policy experience to de-risk national-lab tech transfer via hands-on company building.

Harrison Dahme is a partner and CTO who combines venture decision-making with hands-on tech leadership, leveraging AI/ML since 2010, nine patents, repeat founder experience, and an AI agent framework.

Alex Moore, Palantir's first employee and partner at 8VC, focuses on building defense companies to public scale—incubating via a Build Program and serving on boards like Palantir, Saronic, and Epirus.

Patty combines Silicon Valley networks with engineering and industrial experience and a pragmatic, thesis-driven focus—early backing foundational hardtech and overlooked industries, earning a track record of unearthing breakout companies.

Michael Gibson, a former philosophy professor and long-time Thiel Fellowship operator, applies a humanities lens—prioritizing reasoning and character over credentials—to spot unconventional young technical talent before teams coalesce.

Former Marine artillery officer and Marine reservist in the Pentagon innovation ecosystem, he focuses on cybersecurity, dual‑use, defense and space startups and builds founder relationships via ultrarunning Pitch and Run.