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a16z Cast

04/21/25

@ a16z

I have a family history of service and joined the Army after completing my education at Cornell, later returning to active service to work in technology organizations.

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The Dual-Use Founder: Vets Now Building For America

@ a16z

The Dual-Use Founder: Vets Now Building For America

04/21/25

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a16z Cast

04/21/25

@ a16z

I felt a strong call to service after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led me to enlist in the Army as a Green Beret.

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a16z Cast

04/21/25

@ a16z

I joined the Air Force to pay for my education at MIT, and my experience there focused on innovating within the Air Force to rapidly deliver new systems to the warfighter.

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Yotam Segev

05/09/25

@ The Logan Bartlett Show

My journey into cybersecurity began in the Israeli military, where I served in elite technological leadership roles, which shaped my career path.

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a16z Cast

04/21/25

@ a16z

While serving in the Air Force, I noticed many acquisition programs were outdated, which inspired me to innovate from the outside after leaving the military.

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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

I was an academic before I joined Amazon, working as a research scientist at Cornell for 10 years, focusing on large-scale distributed systems and doing startups on the side.

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Adam Neumann

06/13/25

@ a16z

After my military service in Israel, where I learned discipline, I moved to the US to check on my sister, who was a supermodel in New York City.

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Leonard J. Kosinski

04/28/25

@ a16z

After over 30 years in the military, I was passionate about national security logistics optimization, which led me to ASI.

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David Goggins

01/01/19

@ Rich Roll

My military career was stellar, but I wanted to do more than just be a Navy SEAL; I sought out additional challenges like Army Ranger School.

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a16z Cast

04/21/25

@ a16z

I initially pursued a career in investment banking after leaving the military, which helped me build a toolkit of knowledge before starting my own company.