Colin Demarest
@demarest_colin
💥💥💥 @axios. “A rascal.” Ex-@C4ISRNET, @EMPublications, @aikenstandard. Why you love to stunt but ain’t got no skrilla 💸 colin.demarest@axios(dot)com.
"It's AI Week in DC: President Trump on Wednesday will keynote a 'Winning the AI Race' summit, hosted by the All‑In Podcast and the Hill & Valley Forum."
🦾NEW @OpenAI data on ChatGPT, breaking in @axios AM: • Globally, ChatGPT users send over 2.5 billion prompts each day • 330 million (13%) are from U.S. • Vast majority use ChatGPT's free version @sama's push to "democratize" AI's economic benefits ⬇️axios.com/2025/07/21/sam…
Update: we just finished our live, which adds some texture and behind the scenes details on what we wrote: csis.org/events/report-…
Game time. axios.com/2025/07/16/fir… Exclusive: Drone-printer Firestorm eyes expansion after $47 million round @NEA @BoozAllen
Two weeks ago, we sent our CEO Michael Reinstein this letter asking him to come to the table to negotiate directly with us. We received no response, so are releasing it publicly. We renew our call for direct negotiations with our CEO to produce a fair and equitable contract. 1/2
Another top Hegseth adviser is out, at least the sixth senior-level staff to leave the Pentagon in recent months. trib.al/uDEWdne
Robert "Magyar" Brovdi delivered hard truths about the war to NATO generals at LANDEURO 2025 in Wiesbaden. 🔻Key points: • No tank in the world can withstand a $400 drone. • What will NATO do if Shaheds fly over Europe? Your doctrines need an urgent review. • Unmanned Systems…
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into San Diego - July 19, 2025 SRC: TW-@cjr1321
"He's a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes trib.al/EpW8BJ5
Exclusive: Drone-printer Firestorm eyes expansion after $47 million round trib.al/pcbB5cy
Is trump the first U.S. official to publicly give a number of jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict?
#WATCH | Washington, D.C.: US President Donald Trump says, "We stopped a lot of wars. And these were serious, India and Pakistan, that was going on. Planes were being shot out of there. I think five jets were shot down, actually. These are two serious nuclear countries, and they…
Exclusive: Military energy upstart Chariot Defense emerges with millions in hand trib.al/Zvt6rB5
in this case: someone pretended to be the agent & called 9-1-1, claiming his daughter was running around with a weapon. the only problem? the agent doesn't have a daughter and local police knew that. axios.com/2025/07/18/sec…
"The spy chief, David Barnea, told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking in particular with Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya."
🚨Scoop: The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency visited the White House this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. My story on @axios axios.com/2025/07/18/isr…
📦 "Production of SCALP missiles to equip our forces will resume in 2025, 15 years after our last order." @axios axios.com/2025/07/16/uk-…
U.K. and France recommit to Storm Shadow missile and its successor trib.al/s38xGC3
Peak writing posture in that front row —>
From the stage with robot @PalmerLuckey at @reindsummit
🚧 Robo-Palmer. Tie-dye. Military-industrial-complex protesters outside the Gucci store. "The energy that's around connecting tech to the industrial base is going to be weird," a Reindustrialize co-founder told me. "And we're cool with that." @axios axios.com/newsletters/ax…
1pm ET on the Livestream. @PalmerLuckey and @ashleevance. 👀
REINDUSTRIALIZE 2.0 Livestream Link Day 2 (Thursday July 17th) - Session 2: > 1:00pm to 5:00pm ET x.com/i/broadcasts/1…