The Pursuit of Scrappiness

191. “Hard Problems Remain Hard Whether It’s War or Peacetime”: CEO Who Raised $4M Pre-Seed Shares His Learnings as a 2nd-Time Founder, Securing Government Grants & Thoughts on Recent UFO Sightings w/ Agris Kipurs

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Agris Kipurs is the Co-Founder and CEO of Origin Robotics, a pioneering defense tech startup specializing in autonomous drone systems for precision strikes in challenging environments. The company recently raised a 4mEUR pre-seed round led by Change Ventures and featuring support from the EU and the Latvian Ministry of Defense. Agris was also a co-founder of Airdog, the first commercial application drone to fly without remote control which was exited to Alarm.com. 

On this episode we talk about:

  • The Evolution of Drone Technology
  • Building a Defense Tech Startup
  • The Role of Reputation in Defense Tech
  • Navigating Funding in Defense
  • Lessons from Ukraine’s Defense Innovations

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