Australia's Most Ambitious Defense Tech Startup
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Vu Tran, Co-Founder of Go1 and Black Sky Industries, and it went out on 7 August 2025.
- Guest
- Vu Tran, Co-Founder of Go1 and Black Sky Industries
- Date
- 7 August 2025
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Vu Tran co-founded Go1, one of Australia's most successful EdTech startups, and now Black Sky Industries, a defense tech startup. He recounts growing up in an immigrant household, running ventures from a young age, and scaling Go1 globally. The episode covers why he moved from education to defense, grit and resilience, and his view of Australia's strategic role and the future of warfare.
- Why Vu transitioned from EdTech to defense.
- The importance of grit, pain tolerance, and resilience.
- How tech innovation impacts national security.
- The intersection of AI, autonomy, and defense.
Black Sky Industries, Go1, defense tech, EdTech, national security, AI and autonomy