# Francis Foster

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/francis-foster/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut one moment of Francis Foster talking, from an interview on TRIGGERnometry published Oct 24, 2026.

- On X: https://x.com/francisjfoster

## What Francis Foster said

- [Why Francis Foster says Iran’s geography makes the war unworkable](https://realalpha.app/s/why-francis-foster-says-irans-geography-makes-the-war/)
  TRIGGERnometry · Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min
  > “I've just spoken to someone who's ex-SAS for about 10 years and he's just broken it down in five minutes.” — Francis Foster · [15:29](https://realalpha.app/v/3ePqJyqdOE0/?t=929)

## The episode

- [Dave Smith vs. TRIGGERnometry 2](https://realalpha.app/v/3ePqJyqdOE0/) · TRIGGERnometry · Oct 24, 2026