Dan Driscoll is the current Secretary of the U.S. Army, overseeing a military branch with approximately one million soldiers, 250,000 civilians, and an annual budget of $185 billion.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Dan and Auren discuss:

• The Army Transformation Initiative
• Rapid defense innovation with Silicon Valley
• Modernizing obsolete military equipment
• Fixing Pentagon procurement 

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Brandon Daniels is the CEO of Exiger, which provides AI-powered supply chain and third-party risk management solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Exiger has annual revenues of over $150 million and received a majority investment by Carlyle, Insight Partners, and JMI Equity for $1.2 billion in 2023.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Brandon and Auren discuss:

• Tariffs and supply chain chaos
• Bringing manufacturing back to the US
• Data validation in supply chain monitoring
• Countries most vulnerable to China's influence

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Joshua Steinman is the co-founder and CEO of Galvanick, a cybersecurity company building tools to secure industrial infrastructure and AI systems.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Joshua and Auren discuss:

• Foreign spies in tech companies
• Vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure
• Lessons from Stuxnet and Ukraine
• Building resilience against cyber threats

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Brian O'Kelley is the co-founder and former CEO of AppNexus, which built core infrastructure for programmatic advertising and was acquired by AT&T for $1.6 billion in 2018. He's now the co-founder and CEO of Scope3, a company working to reduce the carbon footprint in digital advertising.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Brian and Auren discuss:

• The zero-sum game of auction paradigms
• AI tools revolutionizing software development
• Building personal brands in tech
• Climate tech's shifting business case

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Trae Stephens is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and current executive chairman at Anduril, a defense technology company that produces software-defined, hardware-enabled major weapons programs.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Trae and Auren discuss:

• Revolutionizing defense technology manufacturing
• Billionaire founders in defense tech
• Supply chain resilience for military hardware
• Technology's impact on modern relationships

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Scott Stephenson is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK), where he led the company's transformation from a nonprofit insurance data collective into a global data analytics powerhouse with a market cap of over $40 billion.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Scott and Auren discuss:

• Data monetization and defensibility strategies
• AI's impact on data businesses
• Leadership succession in data companies
• Effective board membership

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Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on AI and infrastructure investments. He previously co-founded Nicira which was acquired by VMware for $1.2 billion in 2012.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Martin and Auren discuss:

• Economics of open source AI
• Chinese AI innovation with DeepSeek
• Model collapse and data moats
• Regulatory challenges in AI

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Bill Wise is the CEO and co-founder of Mediaocean, an adtech platform that processes over $200 billion in global media spend annually.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Bill and Auren discuss:

• The hidden plumbing of global advertising
• Measurement monopolies in adtech
• The transition from linear TV to CTV
• Cultural integration in tech acquisitions

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Rob Henderson is a developmental psychologist, author of the New York Times bestseller Troubled and columnist for the Free Press and the Boston Globe.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Rob and Auren discuss:

• How elites exploit the poor with luxury beliefs
• The vital importance of marriage for upward mobility
• The conspiracy behind useless college degrees
• The “late bloomers” phenomenon

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Jackie Reses is the co-founder and CEO of Lead Bank, fintech infrastructure bank with over $2.5 billion in assets under management.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Jackie and Auren discuss:

• Fintech's regulatory reckoning
• The future of community banking
• State regulator competition
• Lessons from Square's payment revolution
• Leadership insights from Jack Dorsey

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