Jason Rathje

I'm Mark Lewis, and we are coming to you from the Emerging Technologies Conference 2026 in downtown Washington, DC, sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.

And on this segment, my guest is Ja- Jason Rathje, who is the president of private sector at WebAI.

And Jason, welcome.

Welcome to the podcast.

Trump on social media adding that he wants to leave super intelligent regulation where it is, in the hands of the Justice Department.

So joining me now is Jason Rathje, co-founder and former director of the Department of Defense's Office of Strategic Capital, now the public sector president at WebAI.

Jason, it's great to have you on.

There's a lot to talk about here.

And I hope in AI, we don't make that same mistake.

Okay.

Jason Rathje, great to have you on.

Appreciate it.