AI is opening up new warfighting capabilities, but behind the scenes, the government is constrained by power, energy, and compute. What happens when the government has a problem that can’t be solved by writing checks?
Marc Murphy, CEO of Ignite Digital, joins me to share how AI is driving rapid change in the Department of War, including government procurement processes.
He points out that the administration has created new procurement onramps, “Five years ago, we wouldn’t have dreamed of moving through a federal procurement in 15 days. They’ve created those processes that allow that to happen.”
What You’ll Discover In This Episode
- How data overload can be handled by a key shift in thinking
- Why AI tools can’t be treated as ‘one-size-fits-all’
- Where real warfighting priorities comes from
- How government is reaching into the commercial sector for better tech
- Procurement changes allowing mid-market companies to compete with large primes
- Where private equity and VC are heading in defense tech and dual-use tech
- How rapid prototyping and fast procurement processes can give the US an advantage in modern conflicts
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