The American Dynamism Summit in Washington was open to the press for the first time this year.
It's a reflection of the defense-tech and reindustrialization moment.
The big picture: Founders are emerging as pop-culture characters. Weapons work is, overall, more digestible than it was years ago. Trump 2.0 officials want it known they pull no punches. And there's a sense — at least on social media — that factories are sexy again.
