Crossing the Valley

Ep. 81 - Revolutionizing Thermal Imaging with Obsidian Sensors

Noah visits CEO John Hong and COO Tallis Cheng at their San Diego production facility

May 13 • Noah Sheinbaum

25:52

Ep. 80 - Persistent Systems (very first podcast!)

Brian Spurlock, Vice President of Growth & Strategy, tells the company's story for the first time

May 6 • Noah Sheinbaum

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43:53

April 2026

Ep. 79 - Inside GrayMatter Robotics

CEO and Co-founder Ariyan Kabir gives his first in-person interview from the AI Experience Center in Carson, CA

Apr 29 • Noah Sheinbaum

38:45

Ep. 78 - How HavocAI is solving a $2.3B problem

Chief Strategy Officer, Ben Cipperley, joins Crossing the Valley

Apr 8 • Noah Sheinbaum

48:51

March 2026

Ep. 77 - Tasking a Satellite in Seconds

with Luke Fischer, CEO and co-founder of SkyFi

Mar 25 • Noah Sheinbaum

43:34

Ep. 76 - WHOOP: Wearables at War

Todd Stiefler, VP of Federal for WHOOP

Mar 18 • Noah Sheinbaum

45:08

Ep. 75: The Field is the Lab for Overland AI

Watch now | Co-founder and CEO Byron Boots joins us at the Overland test track in Washington State

Mar 11 • Noah Sheinbaum

3

16:19

Ep. 74 - How Forterra Acquired goTenna in 72 Hours

Forterra CEO Josh Araujo and goTenna CEO Ari Schuler join us to talk mergers, strategy, and future of autonomy

Mar 4 • Noah Sheinbaum

49:07

February 2026

Ep. 73: SARONIC - "If We Can't Build a Thousand Boats, I Don't Care About the Design"

Saronic CEO and co-founder Dino Mavrookas joins Crossing the Valley

Feb 25 • Noah Sheinbaum

5

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47:35

Ep. 72: WIRESCREEN - From Pulitzer to Intelligence Platform

David Barboza and Bradley Martinez of Wirescreen join Crossing the Valley

Feb 18 • Noah Sheinbaum

47:25

Ep. 71: Why America Lost the Hypersonics Race (And How to Win It Back)

Hermeus co-founder and CEO AJ Piplica and President Zach Shore join us at RNDF

Feb 11 • Noah Sheinbaum

3

1

18:35

Ep. 70: Checking in on Apex Space

Valley Crosser alum Ian Cinnamon rejoins us from the Reagan National Defense Forum

Feb 4 • Noah Sheinbaum

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14:52