The Hallway Track

defense

8 tracked signals on defense.

AI for the Air-Gapped Economy

Y Combinator · Oct 30, 2026

YC is actively funding AI companies targeting air-gapped, offline enterprise deployments.

“The most valuable data in the world is not in the cloud.”
Why Open Models Can Make Us Safer

No Priors · Oct 10, 2026

Open models enable cyber defense that closed model restrictions inadvertently block

“when you eliminate opportunities for cyberattack, you also eliminate opportunities for cyberdefense”
The Defender’s Window

OpenAI · OpenAI Blog · Aug 17, 2026

OpenAI positions AI as a tool for both cyber attackers and defenders, sharing its own defense practices.

How NPS and NVIDIA Are Training the Next AI Leaders

NVIDIA GTC · Jun 29, 2026

NPS and NVIDIA use DGX systems to train tailor-made foundational models for national security missions.

“Nvidia has now democratized these capabilities, so it's no longer in the province of just someone in computer science or just someone in operations research.”
How NPS and NVIDIA Are Training the Next AI Leaders

NVIDIA GTC · Jun 29, 2026

Naval Postgraduate School uses NVIDIA DGX and Omniverse to train military officers to build and deploy AI for national security.

“If we don't educate and train the next generation to work alongside Artificial Intelligence, we are going to be missing a huge part of the equation.”