Agris Kipurs is the Co-Founder and CEO of Origin Robotics, a pioneering defense tech startup specializing in autonomous drone systems for precision strikes in challenging environments. The company recently raised a 4mEUR pre-seed round led by Change Ventures and featuring support from the EU and the Latvian Ministry of Defense. Agris was also a co-founder of Airdog, the first commercial application drone to fly without remote control which was exited to Alarm.com. 

On this episode we talk about:

• The Evolution of Drone Technology
• Building a Defense Tech Startup
• The Role of Reputation in Defense Tech
• Navigating Funding in Defense
• Lessons from Ukraine’s Defense Innovations

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