The Perfect Swarm: How Swarmer got its timing just right – by accident – and saw its US IPO pop
Timing accounts for a lot in business. Such was the case for Swarmer, a startup out of Ukraine that develops software for drones and other autonomous systems. This week, the company went from respected (but largely unknown outside of Ukraine) developer of autonomous software to one of the most successful...
Weekly Digest: 100 Startups to watch in 2026 and we announce the Resilience Conference Warsaw agenda
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Is defence tech a ‘proper’ VC-backable vertical?
Several months ago, on a famous VC podcast, I heard an idea that I consider heresy: defence tech is not...
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The dangerous economics of drone warfare
Modern air defence is entering a dangerous economic inversion: in many cases, it now costs far more to destroy a...
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Munich Security Conference got the urgency right. The hard part comes next
A few weeks on from the Munich Security Conference, something many of the Resilience Media community no doubt attended, I...
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If Russia Wins: Lessons for the UK and Europe
In the build-up to the Munich Security Conference (MSC), I finally read a book many had recommended. Carlo Masala’s ‘If...
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The second valley of death
Every founder knows about the first valley of death – that phase where you're doing everything possible to find your...
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