Cruise missiles, yacht rock, and hot girls for capitalism: A night at The Free Press' afterparty

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Photo collage of Bari Weiss and imagery of a party

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This $855 million acquisition could be a boon for Trump's lofty Golden Dome project

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Jason Kim. Firefly CEO
Rocket company Firefly hopes its acquisition of SciTec will give it an advantage in defense tech projects like Trump's Golden Dome.

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The Pentagon's startup arm postpones its internship program, citing 'emergent priorities' in an internal email

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary

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'Can we find the next 40 Facebooks?': Behind the ambitious plans of 137 Ventures

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Christian Garrett (left) and Justin Fishner-Wolfson (right)
Christian Garrett (left) and Justin Fishner-Wolfson (right)

137 Ventures

US military bases are getting new high-tech 'flyaway kits' to deal with drones. Here's what's in them.

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A US soldier carries an Anduril Ghost X drone in Germany in February 2025.
A US soldier carries an Anduril Ghost X drone in Germany in February 2025.

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This 21-year-old founder cut open his leg to show off his biotech. Then he raised $4.3 million from Peter Thiel and others.

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Pilgrim founder Jake Adler posing with lab equipment wearing a black hoodie.
Pilgrim founder Jake Adler in his startup's lab in Redwood City, Calif.

Pilgrim

Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey end their beef and partner to build extended reality tech for the US military

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Palmer Luckey (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right)
Palmer Luckey (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right)

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Defense tech startup Blue Halo makes lasers that shoot drones out of the sky. This is how it got the Army to buy them.

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Blue Halo HQ
Blue Halo HQ

Blue Halo

Palmer Luckey's start-up Anduril just proved it can challenge legacy defense contractors and win

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Palmer Luckey
Anduril's founder, Palmer Luckey.

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