- Hill and Valley Forum 2025: AVC's Zach White on defense tech, robotics, and the rise of DC-Silicon Valley ties
- Jacob Helberg on Hill and Valley's 10x growth and why bipartisan tech-policy bridges are producing real legislation
- Keith Rabois on why most defense startups will fail, Ramp's pitch to Congress, and OpenAI saving San Francisco
- Zachary Perret on open banking regulation, payment modernization, and how Silicon Valley's DC relationship has transformed in 7 years
- Mike Solana on DC culture shock, the Ezra Klein 'abundance' rebrand, and why AI predictions are mostly noise
- Michael Eisenberg on Israeli civic society, the India-Middle East Corridor replacing BRICS, and why he's bearish on Europe
- Shaun Maguire on why foundation model companies are the new operating systems, and his unpopular take that only ~10 defense tech companies will win big
- Josh Wolfe on defense tech bubble risks, sail drone's pivot to gray, and why maintenance is the unsexy investment theme of the decade
- Christian Garrett on Hill and Valley's bipartisan dinner formula and government 'founder mode' as the missing unlock
- Eric Glyman on Ramp's government pitch: the US has 4.5M federal credit cards for 2M employees and 80,000 casino charges
- Karim Atiyeh on the ACH system's CSV reality, three-year expense reimbursement delays, and Ramp's long-game government thesis
- Fil Aronshtein on DRA's maritime deal and selling into defense-adjacent industrial markets
- Aaron Slodov on Atomic Industries: AI-powered manufacturing to rebuild American industrial capacity at scale
- Qasar Younis on Applied Intuition's path to becoming the software backbone of autonomous vehicle and defense programs
- Justin Fishner-Wolfson on 137 Ventures and late-stage liquidity for pre-IPO founders and employees
- Ryan Petersen on Flexport, supply chain resilience under tariffs, and why the trade war is reshaping global logistics
- Augustus Doricko on Rain Maker and weather modification as critical infrastructure for American agriculture
- Erik Torenberg on the state of tech media and the Hill and Valley moment for venture-backed founders