Techcrunch Disrup 2025 It is where revolutionary ideas face the challenges of the real world that define the future and with over 10,000 startup and VC leaders that converge, there is no better place to have difficult conversations. One of the most urgent? How artificial intelligence is remodeling national defense, security and critical infrastructures in real time.
Enter To the defenseA discussion not to be missed in a place too much on one of the two phases of artificial intelligence, in which the leaders of the government, venture and armed services will explore the collision with high innovation and national security.
Because this conversation is important now
With the evolution at a vesicle rhythm, the stakes for defense innovation has never been higher. From self -digicious systems and decision -making intelligence to computer security and readiness of the battlefield, the communities of defense and intelligence of the United States are running to build more intelligent and more adaptive technologies – without compromising ethics, supervision or safety.
This panel Explores the delicate balance between intelligence and control, the role of startups in defense innovation and multimiliary opportunities emerging to the intersection between national security and artificial intelligence.
If your startup touches the defense, the government, computer security or artificial intelligence infrastructure, this is a conversation that you allow yourself to lose.
Where defense, intelligence and innovation converge
On stage, you will hear Dr. Kathleen FisherDirector of the Innovation Innovation Office a DarpWhich is guiding the load on the technology that offers the United States and its allies an advantage in the 21st century information wars. With a career that crosses AT & T Labs and Academia at the Tuffs University, Fisher merges the credibility of the research with the strategic vision and is modeling the next generation of artificial intelligence.
Join the panel is Sri ChandrasekarPartner management of Point72 VenturesAnd formally a leader of In-Q-Mel, the strategic investment arm of the CIA. Chandrasekar knows how to identify Frontier Tech that moves the needle and has built investment paintings to support some of the most difficult missions of the intelligence community.
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To complete the panel is Justin FanelliChief Technology Officer for the Navy Department. Fanelli lives on the intersection between computer security, innovation and adoption, guiding digital transformation through one of the most complex organizations of the government. From his company of Service Chiefs Darpa to his work recognized at national level in the defense health and command system, Falli brings the prospect of the boots on the group on how the defense is made in the era of the AI.
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