Samuel Witherspoon is the Co-Founder and CEO of ANVIL.

ANVIL is a Mission First organization.

They work with defence, public safety, law enforcement, and national security organizations to accelerate mission-critical decision making with analytical tools, automations, and game-changing machine learning capabilities.

Takeaways

- The Genesis of Anvil: From LegalTech to DefenseTech

- Navigating the Canadian Procurement Maze

- Reforming Canadian Procurement

- Capital Needs in DefenseTech

- Mastering the Art of Bidding

- Working in High Security Environments

- Trends in DefenseTech: Data and AI

- Simplifying Complexity in Defense Operations

- The Importance of Sovereign Defense Capabilities

Chapters

00:00 The Genesis of ANVIL: From Legal Tech to Defense

05:40 Navigating the Procurement Maze

11:32 Reforming Procurement: A Call to Action

18:07 Capital Needs in Defense Tech

21:59 Mastering the Art of Bidding

25:54 Building a Secure Company Culture

29:38 Trends in Defense Tech: Data and AI

35:31 Simplifying Complexity in Defense Operations

43:07 The Importance of Sovereign Defense Capabilities

48:34 Finding Strength in Hard Times

Keywords

Anvil, defense tech, procurement, national security, Canada, innovation, startup, military technology, AI, data management