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Planet Labs PBC (PL) Presents at Barclays 43rd Annual Industrial Select Conference Transcript

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Planet Labs’ Chief Strategist Robert Cardillo, former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director, headlined Barclays’ 2026 Industrial Select Conference, emphasizing technology’s role in national security. The event’s Defense Technology Summit, now in its fourth year, expanded to seven panels, reflecting surging investor and government interest in defense tech innovation. Cardillo, with three decades in intelligence, highlighted Planet Labs’ satellite imagery and geospatial analytics as critical tools for modern intelligence and military applications. Barclays Managing Director Matt Spence framed the discussion around the intersection of Silicon Valley tech and defense, noting rapid growth in dual-use commercial-military technologies. The packed sessions underscored escalating demand for space-based intelligence solutions amid global security challenges and a booming defense-tech market.
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SA Transcripts158.53K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call Planet Labs PBC (PL) Barclays 43rd Annual Industrial Select Conference February 18, 2026 12:10 PM EST Company Participants Robert Cardillo - Chief Strategist & Chairman of the Board of Planet Federal Conference Call Participants Matt Spence Presentation Matt Spence Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us for our lunchtime presentation. I'm incredibly fired up to have an amazing American Patriot, leader in intelligence and a corporate leader at Planet. My name is Matt Spence. I'm a Managing Director here at Barclays. And I'm here from Silicon Valley. I work out of that side of the office. And one of the reasons we wanted to have this conversation today is at the intersection of technology and national security. This conference has been around 43 years. And for the last 4 years, we have introduced the Defense Technology Summit as part of this conference. started with just a few ragtag folks. And now we had 7 panels yesterday, which had a packed house, which I think reflects a lot of the interest a number of you in this room have about seeing what can be done to both increase our national security through technology, but also in a market that is really ripping and promising a number of things. For that, I am really thrilled to welcome my friend, Robert Cardillo. Robert has a storied and amazing career in both public service and the private sector. Robert served as the sixth Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2014 to 2019, led an organization of 14,500 people responsible of analyzing our nation's SIGINT and other types of intelligence. Prior to that, Robert was the Deputy Director of the Director of National Intelligence after having a 3-decade career in the intelligence community. So if you're wondering why I'm so excited, we

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