Last Thursday reminded us of something powerful

Inspire&Dine: Recap

Last Thursday reminded us of something powerful: the future of defence isn’t abstract — it’s being built right now by people with vision, courage and curiosity. 👀

We had the privilege of diving deep into The Future of Defence at our Inspire&Dine event with a lineup of speakers whose perspectives were personal, provocative and truly inspiring. 🛩️🛰️💡

A huge thank you to everyone who shared their thinking with our community:

• Dr. Robert Fink (CTO, Helsing) on how software-defined defence and AI at scale will shape tomorrow’s security.

• Maximilian Wied (Co-Founder & CFO, ARX Robotics) on balancing financial resilience with building autonomous ground systems.

• Juan Carlos Climent Pardo & Alvaro Ritter (AEREUS, CDTM Alumni) on why outsiders often drive the breakthroughs this field needs.

• Isabel G. (Palladion Defence Accelerator) on what it really takes to scale dual-use ventures in Europe.

• Quirin Herz on how startups learn, adapt and innovate in the battlefield environment.

• Henri Z. (Soldier D.R., Stanford TT4D) with an essential reality check connecting frontier research like LLM-based training to actual frontline needs.

A massive shoutout to Helsing and ARX Robotics for supporting and enabling this event. 🙌

And to everyone who joined us! your curiosity and engagement made the evening what it was: a space where bold ideas meet real-world impact.

What perspective from the night stuck with you the most?

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