Anduril Founder Trae Stephens on Our Modern Defense System

About this episode

Gwyneth Paltrow interviews Trae Stephens about the impact of new technologies on the defense system and his personal reconciliation of faith with the industry.

Gwyneth sits down with Trae Stephens, the co-founder of the AI defense company Anduril, for a wide ranging and honest conversation about how new technologies are shaping our defense system. They talk about the core mission of Anduril, America’s relationship with defense today, Silicon Valley’s evolving relationship to religion, and on how Trae reconciles his Christian faith with an industry built around weapons and warfare. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Gwyneth Paltrow

Guest: Trae Stephens

Topics covered

• defense technology
• Christian faith
• weapons industry
• Silicon Valley
• American defense
• AI

Keywords

• defense system
• AI defense
• Anduril
• Christian faith
• weapons
• Silicon Valley
• technology

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Organizations: Anduril, Silicon Valley

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