In Oct. 2024, this very same Open AI exec, Katrina Mulligan, boasted on LinkedIn about going to a Taylor Swift concert with the Secretary of the Army.
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DOGE is leading a new effort at the Pentagon to acquire tens of thousands of cheap military drones within the coming months.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Scoop: Meta has held talks with Midjourney about a partnership including a potential acquisition, among several previously-unreported AI video startups it's met recently, sources tell me at @upstarts.bsky.social.
Midjourney's been busy, too, pitching an API.
www.upstartsmedia.com/p/meta-talks...
New: Steve Simoni sold a company to DoorDash for $125M in 2022.
Now he's building Allen Control Systems, which makes an AI-powered autonomous machine gun turret called the "Bullfrog" to shoot drones out of the sky.
"The future is Skynet, basically."
www.reuters.com/technology/h...
Exclusive: Military leaders have said they need autonomous swarms of maritime drones to take on China.
But the Navy's effort to achieve this is under scrutiny following test failures, the firing of a top admiral and a pause on a contract with L3Harris.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
@davidjeans.bsky.social hired by @Reuters to cover space and defense: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/r...
Intel has been touting partnerships with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms as Trump announces that the USG is taking a stake in the company:
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
New- Will Somerindyke supplied munitions to warzones for years.
Now with investor BVVC, he's joined the defense tech boom, and is in talks to raise "hundreds of millions" for Union, a startup making artillery shells.
www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...
Zach Everson
OpenAI policy advisor Katrina Mulligan has revealed a cozy relationship with the Army Secretary as the AI behemoth pursues Pentagon contracts.
During a U.S. naval test off the California coast last month, which was designed to showcase the Pentagon’s top autonomous drone boats, one vessel stalled unexpectedly.
Meta has talked deals with Midjourney and video AI startups including HeyGen and Krea as part of its researcher talent hunt, sources tell Upstarts, while Midjourney has pursued other partnerships.
www.upstartsmedia.com
@davidjeans.bsky.social hired by @Reuters to cover space and defense: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/r...
Reuters has hired David Jeans to be its space and defense correspondent. Jeans was a senior writer at Forbes, where he covered tech. He is also co-author of the book, “WONDER BOY: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, ...
Will Somerindyke founded Regulus Global a decade ago. Now, he’s raising hundreds of millions for ammunitions startup Union — and Regulus is the first customer.
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As the U.S. government takes a 10% stake in Intel, Forbes has learned the tech company partnered with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms Uniview, Hikvision and Cloudwalk.
Reuters has hired David Jeans to be its space and defense correspondent. Jeans was a senior writer at Forbes, where he covered tech. He is also co-author of the book, “WONDER BOY: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, ...
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