Andreessen Horowitz partner Katherine Boyle on bringing innovation to government
Katherine Boyle of Andreessen Horowitz sat down with Morgan Brennan at the Reagan National Economic Forum to discuss the impacts of DOGE and the importance of modernizing the U.S. military.
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