Valley of Depth

Mo Islam

Booking Overview

This interview-led deep-tech and national-security show features founders, investors, senior executives, and government or military leaders building technologies across space, defense, nuclear energy, and autonomous systems. Agencies could credibly pitch CEOs of venture-backed technology companies, defense and aerospace executives, deep-tech investors, national-security officials, and technical experts with significant commercial or government milestones; booking difficulty is very high because recent episodes emphasize prominent operators, major financing announcements, and exclusive access.

Metrics

Episodes: 182

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 4.8k subscribers

Instagram: 298 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mo@arkaeamedia.com

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Host

Mo Islam - Mo Islam is a technology and aerospace media executive who hosts conversations about space, defense, nuclear energy, and other deep technologies shaping national security and industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Senior founders, CEOs, chief strategy or investment officers, and government or military leaders with direct responsibility for major aerospace, defense, nuclear, infrastructure, or other deep-technology programs.

Required Achievements:

Leading venture-backed deep-technology companies, Raising substantial institutional funding, Winning major government or defense contracts, Reaching significant engineering or operational milestones, Building products or infrastructure for national-security and commercial markets

Recent Guest Discussions

Andy Lapsa - Stoke Space's $1 Billion Financing, Reusable Launch Vehicles, The Nova Rocket Family, Manufacturing Scale, Launch Capacity, And Future Space Infrastructure.

Isaac Roberts - Autonomous Cargo Aircraft, Military Logistics, Defense Contracting, Drone Regulation, The FAA, Flight-as-a-service, And Commercial Aviation Applications.

Dan Wright - Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure, Defense Technology, And Emerging Technology Companies Serving Critical Infrastructure Needs.

Zach Shore - Hypersonic Aviation, Defense Technology, Aerospace Investment, And The Development Of Next-generation Critical Infrastructure.

Erik Kriessmann - Space And Defense Markets, Private-market Investment, Emerging Critical Infrastructure, And Technology Companies Shaping National Security.

Recent Topics

Technology, Deep Technology, Aerospace, Nuclear Energy, National Security

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Valley of Depth

The Stoke Space Factory Tour with CEO Andy Lapsa

September 23, 2026

Stoke Space’s approach to full reuse is easiest to understand when you can actually see the hardware. During an exclusive post-Series E tour of the company’s 168,000-square-foot headquarters outside Seattle, CEO Andy Lapsa walks us through the evolution of Nova—from the Hopper demonstrator that first proved Stoke’s second-stage architecture to the flight hardware now being prepared for orbital testing.We cover:- How Stoke is scaling Nova from the three-ton Pathfinder to the 15-ton Block 2- Wh...

Launch is Not Solved Yet, with Andy Lapsa (CEO, Stoke Space)

September 08, 2026

Stoke Space was founded around a simple but radical belief: launch is not solved until rockets are fully and rapidly reusable. That thesis is now getting much bigger. Stoke has raised another $1 billion, bringing total capital raised to $2.3 billion, and is unveiling a new 15-ton-class version of Nova designed to be fully reusable. In his first sit-down interview following the announcement, Andy Lapsa joins Valley of Depth from Stoke Space’s headquarters outside Seattle. We got an exclus...

The Flying Supply Chain, with Isaac Roberts (CSO of Skyways)

August 13, 2026

Skyways has spent nearly a decade working on a problem most of the drone industry largely ignored: logistics. While billions poured into drones built to see targets or strike them, Skyways focused on something less flashy but arguably just as important: moving critical supplies without putting people in harm’s way. That bet is starting to look increasingly prescient. The company has worked with the U.S. military since its earliest days and is now building its V3 aircraft to carry 100 pounds o...

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