October 23, 2026
Power is the layer modern warfare can’t run without, and Chariot founder and CEO Adam Warmoth has spent the past year making that case on podcasts and stages across the defense and tech world. From Stanford’s Silicon Valley & The U.S. Government series to The a16z Show, Adam has laid out why diesel generators and lead-acid batteries can’t keep pace with drones, electronic warfare, and edge compute, and how Chariot is bringing high-voltage commercial power technology to the soldier. Here’s every conversation in one place, newest first.
September 9, 2026 · Hosted by Noah Sheinbaum, with Adam Warmoth and Ross Fubini of XYZ Venture Capital. Adam lays out Chariot’s bar for a real product: a soldier has to choose our system over a box of the same size and weight packed with rations or ammunition. He explains why the most honest feedback comes from junior enlisted soldiers rather than innovation champions, and why he sees power alongside communications and compute as a foundational layer of robotic modernization.
March 24, 2026 · Hosted by a16z general partner Erin Price-Wright, with Adam Warmoth and Alex Miller, CTO for the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. The conversation covers why a more distributed, electronics-heavy battlefield is outgrowing diesel generators and lead-acid batteries, why fuel convoys are a liability, how commercial EV and aviation technology is being adapted for the front line, and how acquisition reform is getting startup hardware to soldiers faster.
March 6, 2026 · Hosted by Jon Forisha of RADICL. Adam explains why the shift from 12-hour patrols to 96-hour missions breaks the standard battery load-out, and how Chariot’s hybrid power systems, built on silicon carbide power electronics and high-voltage lithium cells from the automotive and eVTOL supply chains, deliver 3–5x drone sortie rates while sharply cutting thermal and acoustic signature during critical windows. He also covers data-center-grade uptime for C2 without a grid, and why buying from U.S. and allied suppliers now helps build the domestic battery base.
February 25, 2026 · Adam returned to TBPN, technology’s daily show, the day Chariot announced its $34M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz. He framed Chariot as the power layer for robotic warfare, noting that “you wouldn’t send a robot into the fight without communications, compute, and power.” He walked through how Chariot hardens commercial high-voltage batteries and power electronics for the battlefield, and why the ability to surge power makes batteries central to counter-UAS and electronic warfare.
October 10, 2025 · Interviewed by Paul Kwan, with remarks from Ernestine Fu Mak and Steve Blank, as part of Stanford FSI’s speaker series. Adam describes how legacy generators drag trailers, trucks, fuel lines, and heat and noise signatures into an increasingly distributed fight, and how Chariot reached the field within months of its first funding by adapting proven automotive and aerospace power technology. He also shares a lesson from Anduril: state a system’s limits early, because trust lost with defense customers is hard to win back.