From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense tech’s wildest power broker

From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense tech’s wildest power broker

Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries.

A profile of headhunter Peterson Conway, who worked with Palantir and other Silicon Valley defense and hard tech firms and is now the talent head at VC firm A*

In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII pulled up to the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black Suburban, donning his signature cowboy hat. He picked up a recent Fuse hire and proceeded to regale her with stories of his old recruiting days. One story involved prostitutes…

From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense technology’s wildest powerbroker

In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII walks into the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black suburb, wearing his distinctive cowboy hat. He picked up a new recruit Fuse and proceeded to regale her with stories from the old recruiting days. One story involved a prostitute attending a recruitment event (“not for sex,” Conway explained to TechCrunch). Newbies don’t like it. “I think it’s telling in a funny way,” Conway said…