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Trae Stephens

Trae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company focused on autonomous systems, and a Co-Founder of Sol, a next generation wearable e-reader.

Trae Stephens: Silicon Valley and Washington Must Build Together

The U.S. is facing a broken bureaucracy that stymies innovation, and an unelected tyranny of technologists. There’s only one way out of this bind.

March 30, 2026

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