All Quiet on the Second Front · 31 min
John Price, Founder and CEO of Highground, has worked across special operations, the Senate, and private markets. Now, he’s focused on helping investors and builders understand what the government actually wants and how it buys. He joins Tyler Sweatt to break down how demand shows up, where teams misread it, and how to identify where real programs - and real money - actually sit. What’s happening on the Second Front How government demand actually shows up, and why it’s often misread What separates real opportunities from noise in defense markets How investors and operators evaluate where to place bets Where founders lose time (and how to move earlier in the process) Making the system more predictable instead of relying on luck
65. Bridging Policy, Tech, and Leadership in Defense with ADM McRaven, Matt Bigge, and Shyam Sankar
121. Scaling Defense Tech: Hacking Bureaucracy for National Security with Meagan Metzger (Dcode)
119. Building a Cyber Force That Can Keep Up with Katherine Sutton (Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy, DoW)
116. AI, Trust, and the Cognitive Battlefield with Igor Jablokov
111. Bill Wall, CEO of Accrete AI Government