Mastodawn

Very, very interesting article … and, truthfully, *extremely* worrying!

The technologies that are being developed, both for military & “civilian” usage, by the likes of #ShieldAI, #Palantir, #Anduril and many others, will inevitably soon be used in acts of repression against peaceful protesters and others as imperialism “comes home”!

#AI #Militarization #Repression #Empire #US #Israel #PerpetualWar #Tseng #Thiel #AWS

eicker.news ᳇ tech news Dec 22

#ShieldAI, a San Diego-based #defencetech startup, has seen significant success with its #VBAT #surveillancedrone, particularly in #Ukraine where it has been used to identify Russian targets. The company’s new CEO, Gary Steele, aims to capitalise on this momentum by scaling the business and achieving $1 billion in annual revenue by 2028. https://fortune.com/2025/12/21/shield-ai-ukraine-defense-tech-gary-steele/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Shield AI took its drones from the ‘Batcave’ to the battlefield. Now the $5.6 billion defense-tech startup’s new CEO says it’s at an inflection point

After eight months spent tweaking its surveillance drone in Ukraine, demand for Shield AI’s V-BAT is ramping up in Europe and Asia.

Fortune

Radio Zoo 📻 Kyiv Broadcasting Nov 6

Пам'ятаєте такі неземні штуки, як з Аватара, з круглою основою знизу, які злітали в Україні не боялися вражого РЕБ-у і у важких умовах виконували неймовірні речі? Тепер в них нова розробка. Думаємо, що з'явиться і у нас (якщо вже не з'явилася). Здогадайтеся чому? #ShieldAI #XBAT https://youtu.be/OnpuNlE3UxU

X-BAT: Earth Is Our Runway

YouTube

Aerobuzz / JumpSeat Nov 6

La société Shields AI veut bousculer le microcosme des drones de combat avec son projet X-BAT. Décollage et atterrissage vertical, vitesse supersonique et furtivité sont au menu. L’histoire est riche de projets d’avions à décollage vertical. Certes l’absence de pilote à bord résout une partie des problèmes qui n’ont jamais permis à la formule d’être concluante. Mais le projet X-BAT est-il plus crédible pour autant ? #XBAT #SHIELDAI

https://www.aerobuzz.fr/defense/entree-en-scene-spectaculaire-du-drone-de-combat-x-bat-de-shields-ai/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Entrée en scène spectaculaire du drone de combat X-BAT de Shields AI - Aerobuzz

La société Shields AI veut bousculer le microcosme des drones de combat avec son projet X-BAT. Décollage et atterrissage vertical, vitesse supersonique et furtivité sont au menu. L’histoire est riche de projets d’avions à décollage vertical. Certes l’absence de pilote à bord résout une partie des problèmes qui n’ont jamais permis à la formule d’être

Aerobuzz

Yonhap Infomax News Oct 24

Hyundai Rotem has signed an MOU with US-based Shield AI to develop AI-powered autonomous drone and unmanned ground weapon technologies, aiming to strengthen South Korea’s defense industry and advance integrated manned-unmanned teaming systems.
#YonhapInfomax #HyundaiRotem #ShieldAI #AIDefense #MUMT #HivemindEnterprise #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=87110

Hyundai Rotem Equips Defense Business with AI—Signs Technology MOU with US Firm Shield AI

Hyundai Rotem has signed an MOU with US-based Shield AI to develop AI-powered autonomous drone and unmanned ground weapon technologies, aiming to strengthen South Korea’s defense industry and advance integrated manned-unmanned teaming systems.

Yonhap Infomax

AIagent.at 🤖 AI News Oct 22

#ShieldAI, a $5.3 billion defence company, is unveiling its next-generation #autonomousfighterjet, the #XBat. The X-Bat, piloted by #Shield #AI’s #Hivemind AI software, combines advanced technologies like a jet engine, vertical takeoff and landing, and a 2,000-mile range. While the company aims to produce the X-Bat for $27 million, a fraction of the cost of traditional fighter jets, it faces competition from defence primes and startups. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/exclusive-first-look-at-shield-ais-x-bat-ai-piloted-fighter-drone.html?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

Global Threads May 9, 2025

🇺🇸 US
🔴 Palantir & Silicon Valley Eye Pentagon’s $1T Budget

🔸 Pentagon plans to divert 8% (\~\$50B) of budget to software-based systems.
🔸 Palantir’s AI-driven “Titan” marks shift from hardware to software in war.
🔸 Startups like Anduril & Shield AI lead in drones & autonomous weapons.

#Pentagon #Palantir #AI #DefenseTech #US #Anduril #ShieldAI #AI

Naveed Dec 21, 2023

#Israel|i forces used a small #ShieldAI drone, Nova 2, last month to search for barricaded shooters and civilian victims in buildings that had been targeted by #Hamas fighters. The #drone can autonomously conduct surveillance inside multistory buildings. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/us/politics/ai-startups-pentagon-weapons.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-us-armed-forces&variant=show&region=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc

Tech Start-Ups Try to Sell a Cautious Pentagon on A.I.

Shield AI, a tech start-up, already has a drone run by artificial intelligence being used by the Israeli military. But persuading the Pentagon to embrace the technology remains a big challenge.

The New York Times

Новини Українською Nov 7, 2023

Shield AI — перспективна система штучного інтелекту БПЛА і не тільки. Її вже протестувала армія Ізраїлю https://itc.ua/ua/novini/shield-ai-perspektyvna-systema-shtuchnogo-intelektu-bpla-i-ne-tilky-yiyi-vzhe-protestuvala-armiya-izrayilyu/ #Штучнийінтелект #ShieldAI #Новини #Дрони #Софт #БПЛА

Shield AI — перспективна система штучного інтелекту БПЛА і не тільки. Її вже протестувала армія Ізраїлю - ITC.ua

Компанія Shield AI, створена у 2015 році колишнім морським котиком Брендоном Ценгом та й

ITC.ua