Politico May 9, 2024
With help from Derek Robertson
On Tuesday, near the back of the cavernous Washington Convention Center, past booth after colorful booth of federal agencies looking for AI solutions and a dizzying array of tech companies trying to pitch them, a Defense Department official had a message for startup founders, venture capitalists and the assembled national security crowd: Let’s bet on some winners.
Doug Beck, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, was speaking at a two-day AI expo that drew more than 7000 people to talk about technology, defense and China — and sell ideas to each other.
The Pentagon wants higher-tech tools, he said, and it needs an ecosystem of companies to provide it. But for that ecosystem to exist,...
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