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From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense tech’s wildest power broker


Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries.

In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson ConwayVIII pulled up to the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black suburban, donning his signature cowboy hat. As defense tech funding soared to almost $3 billion last year, Conway is ready to convince the next generation to help make new-age nuclear reactors or AI-powered weapons. The candidate took the Porsche for their meetings and ended the day at Conway’s home, a sprawling compound in the wealthy California coastal town Carmel-by-the-Sea, stuffed with his father’s antiques and animal parts from hunting expeditions.

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