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March 31, 2023

This German soldier built a battlefield robot company — while on the army’s payroll

Army 'intrapreneurs' are among the future leaders of Europe's defence tech startups


Credit: ARX Landsysteme

Many tech founders come from surprising backgrounds. But one rare profile, even by tech’s eclectic standards, is the soldier-turned-entrepreneur.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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