TechCrunch disturbs 2025 It is where the ideas for the revolution respond to the challenges of the real world that determine the future-and with over 10,000 starting leaders and VCs that converge, there is no better place to have harsh conversations. One of the most urgent? How Artificial Intelligence removing national defense, security and critical infrastructure in real time.
Enter AI defenseA debate on the panel cannot take place in one of the two stages of AI, where leaders from government, venture and armed services will explore the high -stage conflict of innovation and national security.
Why this conversation is important now
With AI evolving at an inflatable pace, the bets for defense innovation were never higher. From autonomous systems and information on cyberspace decisions and the readiness of the battlefield, US Defense and Information Communities are struggling to build smarter, more adaptive technologies – without endangering morality, supervision or security.
This group explores the delicate balance between intelligence and control, the role of the newly established businesses in the innovation of defense and the opportunities of many billions of dollars emerging at the intersection of national security and AI.
If your launch touches your defense, government, cyber security or AI infrastructure, this is a conversation that you can’t afford to lose.
Where defense, intelligence and innovation converge
On stage, you will hear from Dr. Kathleen FisherDirector of the Innovation Innovation Office in Stationwhich leads the accusation to the technology it gives to the US and their allies an advantage in 21st century information. With a career extending to AT&T Labs and the academic community at Tufts University, Fisher combines the credibility of research with strategic vision and shapes the next generation of AI defense.
Participation in the table is Sri HandresarManaging Director at Point72 Venturesand former leader in in-Q-tel, the CIA’s strategic investment arm. Chandrasekar knows how to identify the needle -moving Frontier technology and has created investment frameworks to support some of the most difficult missions of the information community.
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The rounding of the table is Justin fanelliManager of Technology for the section of the Navy. Fanelli lives at the crossing of cyber security, innovation and adoption, leading digital transformation into one of the most complex government organizations. From the Darpa Service Chiefs scholarship to his national recognized work in Defense Health and Management Systems, Fanelli brings the prospect of boots to the ground on how to defense at AI’s age.
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