What do Iraq, SpaceX, the EV boom, and autonomous freight have in common?

In this episode of Liftoff, Keith sits down with Kevin Damoa , Army combat veteran and founder & CEO of Glīd, to explore the future of logistics and the technology transforming how freight moves between road and rail.

Kevin shares how nearly 25 years of logistics experience, including military logistics, SpaceX, and leadership roles across the EV industry, inspired him to tackle one of the biggest challenges in global supply chains: making rail transportation more accessible.

We discuss how Glīd is building autonomous vehicles designed to streamline the road-to-rail transition, why the company has focused on building more cost-efficiently, and how Kevin's experiences at SpaceX shaped his approach to culture, innovation, and solving seemingly impossible problems.

Kevin also shares lessons on:

Building hard tech with limited capital
Why culture can make or break a startup
The importance of solving customer pain before commercialization
How to evaluate risk before launching an MVP
The future of autonomous freight and physical AI
Why logistics is facing a growing labor and infrastructure challenge
What SpaceX taught him about belief, ingenuity, and making the impossible possible

From combat logistics to rocket logistics to autonomous freight, this is a conversation about building technology that could fundamentally change how the world moves.

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Website: https://www.glidtech.us/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-a-damoa-9b514770

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