Booz Allen CEO on Silicon Valley’s Turn to Defense Tech: ‘We Need Everybody.’

Bold Names

The Wall Street Journal

Technology

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Horacio Rozanski says he is obsessed with speed. As the CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, a company that helps government agencies leverage the latest advances in technology used by the private sector, he has insight into the global race to develop artificial intelligence, especially in the realm of warfare. How does Rozanski see the relationship between the U.S. government and Silicon Valley evolving? He speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Check Out Past Episodes: This CEO Says Global Trade Is Broken. What Comes Next? Venture Capitalist Sarah Guo’s Surprising Bet on Unsexy AI What This Former USAID Head Had to Say About Elon Musk and DOGE Palmer Luckey's 'I Told You So' Tour: AI Weapons and Vindication Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column. Read Tim Higgins’s column. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hey, Mims, before we talk to today's guest, did you ever think about how you would unclog
0:36.0	a toilet in outer space.
0:38.0	Honestly, that is not a question that has kept me up at night.
0:41.4	But, of course, now I have to know.
0:43.6	Well, me too.
0:45.1	But in today's episode, we tackled this difficult challenge and more with the CEO of Booz Allen.
0:51.3	And also, how the firm is handling cuts with Doge and the Trump administration
0:56.1	and competing with AI in China and why it's partnering with big names like Meta and Palantir.
1:02.4	There are a lot of surprises in this conversation. You're not going to want to miss it. That's next.
1:16.4	A quick note, before we get into the conversation, we recorded this interview prior to Israel and the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
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1:23.1	The arrival of the Trump administration and emphasis on finding government efficiencies has affected
1:28.9	a lot of people's lives, but some have really felt it, like Booz Allen's CEO, Horacio
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