Ep. 90: Friends Don't Let Friends Start Drone Companies

Podcast: Crossing the Valley · Frontdoor Defense

Opublikowano: 2026-08-12

Josh Giegel has spent his career on what he calls “the wrong side” of the software-hardware divide. He built rocket engines at SpaceX. He built supercritical CO2 power cycles in Ohio. He built a hyperloop and then climbed inside it. So when he tells you not to build hardware, it should mean something. Josh started Gambit in 2023, in the middle of the drone gold rush, and deliberately did not build a drone. Set against the backdrop of the drone “gold rush,” that fundamental decision has shaped the company he’s built, and the impact they’re having ju...