Connie Loizos' intimate cocktail-and-content evening for VCs and founders, this year built around the LA defense + physical AI scene with Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Ethan Thornton (Mach Industries), and Saif Khawaja (Shinkei Systems). Capped, 21+, presented by The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo — the actual room where LA's defense-tech bets get debated. Past speakers across the StrictlyVC series include Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, and Katie Haun.

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