Ryan Whittle

Comms @redcellpartners - When I grow up, I want to sell propane and propane accessories

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

the rise, 4bn exit (scoop!), and next chapter of Grant Verstandig via @WBJSara / @WBJonline

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[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

learned real quick that with the mean DC person, just say "finance" or "tech" or something they might actually understand

[Overheard District @OverheardWDC]

“I work at Capital One in Tysons.”

“Oh no way! I have friends that work there too! They’re on the Senate side.”

[Barratt Dewey @barratt_dewey]

💸📈 It's been a wild ride across the defense tech world this year, but some interesting trends are emerging.

Per @PitchBook, "The dollars are concentrating, not broadening. One round, Anduril’s $5.0B Series H at a $61B valuation, accounts for 33% of the entire quarter and 14% of the half. The top five rounds account for 48%, and the top ten for 62%."

But it's not all doom and gloom for the little(r) guys:

"The market is also becoming more of a barbell," Pitchbook defense analyst Ali Javaheri told me. "Venture growth deals rose to $9.1 billion, and early-stage value rose 47%."

"To me, that says investors still want exposure to the category, but they are straddling between underwriting proven scale and taking earlier optionality.”

Read my full breakdown of the first half of the year in @tectonicdefense below and at the link in replies👇

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@michaelwhittle I named mine Michael, but it stopped working and just started scrolling twitter and linkedin all day

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@0xYager just learned this because MoCo-apologists have been claiming credit for the county road location

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

All international sporting organizations are crooked. It’s the nature of the FIA, FIFA, the Olympics, et la. It’s called a motor race Toto.

[Barratt Dewey @barratt_dewey]

Thinking about this @luke_metro tweet

[Kevin Finnerty @timeimmemorial_]

Moltisanti summer

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@CristinCulver Only PR agencies and office brokers read press releases

[Washington Business Journal @WBJonline]

McLean startup Trase has raised $107 million to expand its AI technology that automates administrative tasks, with plans to double its local workforce. https://t.co/OXHSl8AWFV

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Trase, which is building an operating system and infrastructure layer for AI agents in industries like health care and defense, raised a $107M seed led by Arch (@brockewturner / Axios)

(Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

The last thing you see in Austin before ejecting over Town Lake is Bevo

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN. “Real alien sh*t.”

Another source told CNN the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” in the air.

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

People will say "Texas is booming," or "Dallas-Austin-Houston is the new Shenzhen," but what's really going on here is TEXAS FOREVER

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

*MORGAN STANLEY SEEKS $1.3 BILLION TOWER FOR DALLAS EXPANSION

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@eventidia @ShawnChittle there is still time. reschedule everything

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

On tuesday the most important monthly defense tech happy hour will be at the famous Butterworth’s. It will be an evening of weapons systems, bone marrow, and lighting just dim enough to get away with an arms deal.

Oft seen at DTDC: bar and transit influencer @ShawnChittle; defense tech viral poster @barratt_dewey; the s-tier venture crew from @squadra_vc; and comms extraordinaire @stephenbabcock

Don’t miss it. Luma below.

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@ShawnChittle I’ve been influenced! I’m gonna ride the bus to a perfect bar for the USA match.

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

https://t.co/1YRSwxFkNa

[Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly]

Joshua Baer, the cofounder and CEO of Capital Factory and mentor to countless Texas entrepreneurs, died Tuesday in a plane crash. https://t.co/u8v6DTBiIh

[Lloyd Doggett @RepLloydDoggett]

Saddened by the untimely passing of my friend, Josh Baer.  A great entrepreneur, he was a driving forcethrough Capital Factory in Austin's tech story, helping make us the dynamic, international city we are today.

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@barratt_dewey Setting up DTDC at Butterworth’s to be the most important in history

[Ryan Whittle @ryanwhittle]

@maxwelltani need a Motocrossed remake