For years, S2G has backed ocean monitoring for its impact on climate, fisheries, and ocean health, but rising geopolitical tensions have made it a national security priority too, and investment is following. The same technology that improves weather forecasts, tracks climate change, spots illegal fishing and follows whale migrations can also protect undersea cables, monitor shipping lanes and support defense. That dual use is what’s bringing new funding into the space. In this episode, S2G’s Sanjeev Krishnan and Kate Danaher join Tonya Bakritzes to talk about why these worlds are converging, and how the government has long been the first big customer for new technology, from GPS to semiconductors. They also take on the tough questions, including the risks of building a business on government contracts and how data collected for security could be put to work for the public good. The conversation sets the stage for next week’s episode with Apeiron Labs, whose low-cost underwater sensing vehicles serve both defense and climate-related use cases.

00:40: From Ocean Health to National Security
04:22: Why Government Is Often the First Customer
06:35: Why Ocean Monitoring Matters Now
09:25: How Ocean Warming Raises the Stakes
10:40: The Hard Questions of Dual Use Technologies
14:04: Putting Security Data to Public Use
16:15: Commercial Uses Beyond Government
17:47: Looking Ahead to the Next Decade

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