Ever since February 2022, the uncomfortable truth is clear: Europe’s peace is fragile, leaving us with a stark choice between total dependency to foreign powers or hard earned sovereignty. Securing a safe future for the next generation won't happen through slow bureaucracy—it demands the rapid speed, bold risk-taking, and raw execution of founders and the willingnes to take risks of private investors. We’re giving Defense a stage in 2026 because the startup ecosystem belongs right at the heart of this mission.