PERSON DIRECTORY
Leila Hay
Leila Hay appears in 2 indexed conversations across The a16z Show. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure
Leila HayPhillip BuckendorfLeonard J. Kosinski
Aviation’s staffing, infrastructure, and technology failures converge in obsolete software and low operator productivity.Commercially proven, compute-separated systems can deploy within months, while predictive logistics may turn existing transport capacity into resilience and deterrence.
Can the Military Move at Startup Speed? How the Army and Navy Are Rebuilding
Alex MillerJustin FanelliLeila Hay
Defense’s bottleneck is procurement inertia: legacy programs consume most funding, while simpler capability requirements have compressed one acquisition process from 18 months to three.The emerging model compares capability per dollar, funds new systems by killing old ones, and tests products with warfighters, creating a six-to-12-month window for technologies not yet under contract to reach production.