E54 – Pryzm: AI to understand the Pentagon

Mike sits down with Matt Hawkins and Nick LaRovere,co-founders of Pryzm.

Pryzm is building an Operating System for defense innovation—software that uses AI to generate capture intel to make sense of Pentagon budgets, Congressional legislation, program offices, and much more.

It’s AI to understand the Pentagon.

They help connect the dots between missions, markets, andpeople to power the future of national security.

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00:00

01:43 intro

02:30 origin story

05:57 disclosure

07:07 2 PMs

08:47 Air Force tanker program

21:47 Golden Dome

28:12 sales vs business development

33:04 proactive vs reactive

34:59 intel to flip the script

37:56 a bubble?

41:18 flat toplines

43:05 requested vs executed

46:38 fundraise

48:27 DIU project

50:58 2026 outlook

55:29 outro