Keep pulling the thread on Drew Oding.
8VC allocates 30% of its capital and employee resources to its 8VC Build program, which co-founds new companies.
Initial check sizes for companies in 8VC's Build program range from $3-4 million on the low end to $25-40 million on the high end.
OpenGov, a software company serving state and local governments, was acquired in an exit valued at nearly $2 billion.
The United States has fallen significantly behind in its domestic shipbuilding capacity for both defense and commercial purposes.
Drew Oding predicts that genomic medicines will have an economic and societal impact nearly as large as that of artificial intelligence.
Bedrock Robotics raised an $80 million funding round to automate construction vehicles.
There is a significant capital gap for growth-stage industrial companies that require infrastructure or project financing with a higher risk tolerance than traditional private credit markets.
Drew Oding predicts that a potential Trump administration would increase manufacturing's share of GDP, but not to the 13.1% target by Q4 2028.
Drew Oding predicts the next official U.S. recession will be declared within two to three years.
Drew Oding predicts the U.S. national debt will reach between $38 trillion and $40 trillion by the end of the current year.
Drew Oding predicts that humans will land on Mars by the year 2050.
Anduril has reached a sufficient size where it is expected to pursue more acquisitions as part of its growth strategy.