#216 Katherine Boyle - America's Defense Tech Renaissance

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 38.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Katherine Boyle is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and cofounder of its American Dynamism practice, investing in sectors such as defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and infrastructure. She serves on the boards of Apex Space and Hadrian Automation, and is a board observer for Saronic Technologies and Castelion. Previously, she was a partner at General Catalyst, where she co-led the seed practice and backed companies like Anduril Industries and Vannevar Labs. She was also a reporter at The Washington Post. Katherine holds a BA from Georgetown, an MBA from Stanford, and a Master's from the National University of Ireland, Galway. She sits on the boards of The Free Press and the Mercatus Center. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://americanfinancing.net/srs NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://tryarmra.com/srs https://betterhelp.com/srs This episode is sponsored. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. https://meetfabric.com/shawn https://shawnlikesgold.com https://hillsdale.edu/srs https://masachips.com/srs – USE CODE SRS https://paladinpower.com/srs – USE CODE SRS https://patriotmobile.com/srs https://rocketmoney.com/srs https://ROKA.com – USE CODE SRS https://trueclassic.com/srs https://USCCA.com/srs https://blackbuffalo.com Katherine Boyle Links: Website - https://a16z.com/author/katherine-boyle X - https://x.com/KTmBoyle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Catherine Boyle, welcome to the show.
0:07.3	Thanks so much for having me.
0:08.5	Thanks for being here.
0:09.6	Thanks for being here.
0:10.4	So you came on my radar, what, about a couple of weeks ago from a mutual friend.
0:19.0	And so it looked into you and you're invested in all of the companies that just
0:25.4	fascinate me every day.
0:27.4	And I'm brand new to kind of diving into the tech space.
0:31.8	And man, like what a, this has been mind-blowing for me just to be able to talk to these people who are just on a whole other
0:42.3	operating field as everybody else and learning about some of the some of the innovations and just talking to
0:49.7	American innovators which to be honest you know in the past years, I haven't had a lot of hope in our country.
0:58.6	Yeah.
0:59.0	But since diving into the tech space and seeing, I mean, we really do have the world's best innovators.
1:05.6	We do.
1:05.9	And we attract that.
1:07.6	These people come from all over the world to come here and live the American dream.
1:12.3	And I personally needed that to restore some hope in this country. And so like I said,
1:19.6	you're invested in a lot of those companies and a lot more than I even know about. And so it's just,
1:24.5	it's an honor to have you here today and I've been looking forward to this. It's an honor to be here.
1:28.1	And I always say I come bearing good news.
1:30.2	Usually after people talk to me, they are very optimistic.
1:32.7	And I always have to warn people.
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