Policy Salon Dinners

Leaders of the tech and defense worlds came together at Stanford University at the SVDG co-sponsored Stanford DEFCON. Following the conference, SVDG hosted a policy salon dinner bringing conversations to light on the role of innovation in national security.

SVDG organized a policy salon dinner with industry council member Picogrid and Initialized Capital. This dinner brought together policymakers, investors, industry leaders, and defense innovators for a candid conversation on how to prepare for — and scale — the connected battlefield.

Timed to coincide with the opening day of AUSA, this cocktail reception at the Spy Museum brought together the driving forces of national security innovation. With a focus on bridging capital providers and capital demand, the evening spotlighted venture-backed technologies tackling some of the most pressing operational challenges facing the U.S. national security community.

SVDG will host a salon dinner on April 29, 2025, to discuss the impact of tariffs on defense innovation and how industry and capital can adapt going forward

We are launching a series of off-the-record small group discussions with our sponsors and current policymakers to discuss developments in the defense innovation ecosystem.