Tyler Sweatt

Chief Executive Officer

Tyler is the CEO at Second Front Systems, where he works to break down barriers between innovative technologies and national security organizations. He is also a technical advisor at Pallas Advisors, a Partner at Silicon Valley Defense Group, a member of the national security advisory board at CalypsoAI, and works with multiple early stage companies and entrepreneurs.

Previously, Tyler was the Head of National Security for CalypsoAI, founded and sold technology consulting firm Future Tense, served as an advisor to multiple early stage tech companies, and worked at futurist consulting firm Toffler Associates where he led the emerging technology and security practice.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Tyler is a former military Officer.

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Scaling with Purpose: Powering Software for the Free World with $70M Series C

September 12, 2024

Scaling with Purpose: Powering Software for the Free World with $70M Series C

Hear from Tyler Sweatt, 2F CEO, as he shares insights on our $70M Series C raise and 2F plans to scale its next phase of growth.

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Changing the relationship between global defense, national security, and commercial software with $40M Series B funding round

November 22, 2023

Changing the relationship between global defense, national security, and commercial software with $40M Series B funding round

Second Front Systems announces $40M Series B fundraise from new investors NEA, joined by existing investors Moore Strategic Ventures, and AEI HorizonX.

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5 Key Challenges to Consider When Selling Software to the DoD

December 8, 2021

5 Key Challenges to Consider When Selling Software to the DoD

For software companies, the Department of Defense (DoD) is often seen as a potentially massive customer. With IT budgets in the billions, massive cloud initiatives underway, and countless innovation efforts designed to court commercial software companies and startups, the conditions certainly seem to be set to grow revenue in the defense market. While the numbers may make business development teams salivate, the DoD is often a challenging customer for software companies, particularly new entrants to the market.

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The New Administration Must Empower the Department of Defense to Wage Acquisition Warfare

March 25, 2020

The New Administration Must Empower the Department of Defense to Wage Acquisition Warfare

The United States faces a growing and very real threat from peer- and near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia — a geopolitical competition for technological advantage that will define the coming decades. Victory will be achieved not by identifying and investing in new technologies or developing larger and more complex weapons systems as has been often discussed, but by unifying and scaling efforts across the kill chain of acquisition.

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