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UPDATES & INSIGHTS
What's happening at Defense Nexus — major announcements, partnership milestones, advisory board additions, and operator perspectives from the founding team.
ANNOUNCEMENT
August 2026
Bryant Nichols Joins Defense Nexus as Co-Founder & CTO
Defense Nexus welcomes Bryant Nichols as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer. Bryant brings more than twenty years building mission-critical systems across national security, cloud platforms, AI, and digital forensics — and now owns the platform architecture and the engineering roadmap. Read his full background on the Company page.
ANNOUNCEMENT
August 2026
Defense Nexus Names Its Strategic Advisory Board
Taylor Grant (capital markets & defense operations), Malcolm Lotzof (founder mentorship & financial discipline), and John Suh (emerging technology & corporate venture) join Defense Nexus as strategic advisors, with agreements in place and active networks committed to the mission.
SITREP
By the Founders · July 2026
The July SITREP — The team is real. The build is on.
Our Founding CTO is signed and named, three advisors are formally on the board, and the closed beta moved from design into actual backend build.
SITREP
By the Founders · June 2026
The June SITREP — The CTO is committed. The signal keeps compounding.
June closed with a milestone: our founding CTO is committed. V2 build has several sections demo-ready, the partner roster is growing, and ecosystem conversations are widening.
SITREP
By the Founders · May 2026
The May SITREP — Momentum is real. The pain points are deeper than we thought.
May closed out with the strongest signal we've had in months. The full update is live on our site — V3 website launch, V2 prototype build, the advisory board taking shape, SOF Week takeaways, and what's next.
INSIGHT
By the Founders · May 2026
Why We're Building Defense Nexus — A Letter from the Founding Team
The cleared community has trust. What's missing is the infrastructure to scale it. Mike Lore and Mike Colletta share why two retired Navy SEAL Master Chiefs decided to build a platform instead of writing another playbook on the talent crisis.
ANNOUNCEMENT
May 2026
Mike Colletta Joins Defense Nexus as Co-Founder & CGO
Retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Mike "BMC" Colletta has joined Defense Nexus as Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer. BMC brings 29 years in the SEAL Teams with senior leadership roles across SOCOM and JSOC, alongside operating experience on the defense contracting side. His perspective on how the system actually works — and where it breaks — shapes how we're building the platform.
ANNOUNCEMENT
May 2026
defensenexus.ai Platform Site Goes Live — Closed Beta Forming
The Defense Nexus platform site is now live at defensenexus.ai. Cleared professionals, defense-tech firms, small-to-medium contractors, and SOF community members can request access to the closed beta. Closed beta members get access when the build ships, and direct input on the features being built.
THE CLOSED BETA IS FORMING.
Founder-reviewed. U.S. persons only. The earlier you're in, the more of the platform gets built around you.