Community leaders have turned Austin into one of America’s most important hubs for global business and national security technology -- complete with a Formula 1 race. How does it keep competing to win?

Elevation’s Kevin Baron talks with three leaders who are building Austin’s next chapter from different sides:

• Susan Davenport, President and CEO, Opportunity Austin

• Barry Tishgart, Director, Corporate Ventures and Entrepreneur in Residence, Army Applications Laboratory, U.S. Army

• Joy Schoffler, Managing Partner, Distinctive Edge Partners Davenport explains how two decades of strategy created more than 700,000 jobs, and why the work now is sustaining that growth as international investors and delegations pour in.

Tishgart explains why the Army chose Austin, and how its culture of builders and collaboration helps startups break into defense. Schoffler shares why investors are moving into defense, and why there’s “no financial security without national security.”

They also cover:

• The surge of venture capital into Austin and into defense startups

• How the Pentagon now signals to investors which technologies it wants

• How Formula 1 brings the world to Austin

• What Austin needs next to stay ahead

Recorded at Elevation Live: Austin during U.S. Grand Prix week.

🔗 Elevation: www.elevation-live.com

🔗 Opportunity Austin: https://opportunityaustin.com/

🔗 Army Applications Laboratory: https://aal.mil/

🔗 Distinctive Edge Partners: https://distinctiveedge.partners/