Keep pulling the thread on Qasar Younis.
18 of the top 20 global automakers are publicly disclosed customers of Applied Intuition.
Senator Jack Reed states that for his entire 28-year tenure, the US government has been unsuccessfully trying to solve the problem of rapidly deploying new technologies to warfighters.
Qasar Younis states that unlike in 2005, the technology now exists in China for the Communist Party to monitor all payments and locations of individuals.
Qasar Younis identifies the primary challenge for the Department of Defense in AI adoption as recruiting senior-level officials with engineering and AI expertise to lead procurement.
Qasar Younis believes that espionage from China is a real threat to US companies.
Josh Wolfe states that Applied Intuition has been cash flow positive for many years, a unique status among Lux Capital's portfolio companies.
Applied Intuition is a dual-use technology company that serves both commercial and defense sectors.
Senator Jack Reed states that it is difficult for the US to counter adversaries, principally China, once they acquire and improve upon US technology for novel uses.
Senator Jack Reed observes that in the Ukraine conflict, new innovations are occurring daily on the battlefield as combatants improvise with acquired technology.
Applied Intuition does not conduct business in China.
Qasar Younis asserts that there is no culture of respecting intellectual property (IP) in China, leading companies to copy from both foreign and domestic competitors.
Senator Jack Reed states that the Department of Defense (DOD) struggles with the "valley of death," the long process of transitioning a prototype technology into field deployment for warfighters.