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European governments are seriously committed to re-arming, scaling up their domestic industrial base, and modernizing their militaries.
The United Kingdom has established a variant of the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with an initial funding of approximately £400 million.
Applied Intuition has successfully sold its software to 18 of the top 20 global automotive OEMs.
China controls approximately 90% of all rare earth element refining and over 70% of the mining of critical minerals.
An upcoming AI expo, co-hosted by Hill and Valley Forum and the All-In Podcast, will feature an executive order signing on AI.
China's strategy of flooding the market with supply creates volatile pricing, making it difficult for the mining and manufacturing industries to operate profitably.
137 Ventures is a new investor in Applied Intuition.
Applied Intuition's software products are designed to help Western automotive manufacturers, primarily in the US and Europe, compete and maintain their market dominance.
The primary challenge for the US mining industry is not access to capital, but rather unworkable pricing dynamics.
The United States, Canada, and Australia collectively possess all the necessary critical mineral and rare earth element resources to create secure domestic supply chains.
The US government can create a viable domestic market for critical minerals by using offtake agreements and price subsidies to counteract foreign market manipulation.
Chinese companies in the critical minerals sector gain a competitive advantage through vertical integration, from refinement to finished products like magnets and actuators.