2/ “T2” will be working closely with the entire Lux partnership + Lux family companies on strategy, team building, leadership, navigating complex & risky challenges—and advancing cutting-edge technologies in markets from commercial to defense....
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3/ We all get to sleep relatively well at night — because for 40 years Tony didn’t. We get to do what we do now + in the future— b/c of what Tony has done in the past. His experience puts in perspective: our greatest stresses seem like child’s play compared to what his were..
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4/ Tony served in Afghanistan + Iraq every year between 2001 and 2013, having survived a head-on car bomb attack on his vehicle in Mosul in 2008, before returning to serve at the CIA, then Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), and finally as the commander of USSOCOM...
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5/ General
@StanMcChrystal , who preceded him as JSOC commander, praised his “amazing vision, unwavering loyalty and personal courage.” Others have said they admire Tony’s “reputation for pissing important people off” — emblematic of the rebel spirit we seek to back at Lux.Prikaži ovu nit -
6/ On his appointment
@washingtonpost described him as an “even-keeled officer widely known for his candor and by all accounts, inspires deep loyalty among his subordinates”, briefly alluding to his holding of key posts in the elite counter-terrorism unit known as “Delta Force”Prikaži ovu nit -
7/ Over the past yr, we’ve spent time w/Tony, from being embedded at the edge of the formation of Special Operations Forces on the other side of the world to attending briefings @ the Pentagon to the many analogies in high-stakes technology venture capital + special operations...
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8/ the power + asymmetry of secrecy & stealth; evaluating risks w/ low-probability, high magnitude outcomes; the philosophical similarity between our risk-mitigating maxim that “failure comes from a failure to imagine failure” + Tony’s concept of being “left of bang”...
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9/ the gap between sci-fi + sci-fact; the unintended consequences of technology; the trend towards democratization from drones to satellites to sensors and autonomous systems; the power & perils of AI...
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10/ and the mantra of Special Operations Forces — much like that of any great venture — as “relentlessly seeking advantage in every domain to compete and win.”...
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11/ Lux has long funded founders + technologists advancing capabilities useful for defense, including drones on land, sea, and air (Saildrone, Aria, AirMap, Hangar); satellites + rockets (Planet, Kymeta, Orbital Insight, Astranis, Relativity)...
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12/...semiconductors (Mythic, Everspin, Flex Logix); artificial intelligence (Clarifai, Primer); radar (Echodyne); and perimeter security (Evolv)...
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13/ We live in the home of the FREE—because of the BRAVE We’re thrilled + grateful Tony will be teaming with our entire partnership + many current + new Lux family companies on evolving opportunities (and threats) in cutting-edge technologies—and global geopolitics...
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