Tag: shield ai

Silicon Valley is debating if AI weapons should be allowed to decide to kill

In late September, Shield AI cofounder Brandon Tseng swore that weapons in the U.S. would never be fully autonomous — meaning an AI...

Shield AI’s founder on death, drones in Ukraine, and the AI weapon ‘no one wants’

About two months ago, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng and one of his employees were in an Uber weaving through Kyiv, Ukraine. They...

More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35B

The distance between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon just keeps getting smaller. As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups,...