Stanford Seminar - Silicon Valley & The U.S. Government: Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng

Brandon Tseng, co-founder, president, and chief growth officer of Shield AI, discusses the inspiration and pivotal moments behind starting his company, which aims to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Tseng shares how his upbringing, influenced by his father's entrepreneurial spirit and his brother's success, led him to address national security and global stability through AI. He emphasizes Shield AI's mission to build the world's best AI pilot, highlighting the importance of human-machine collaboration where AI handles complex tasks while humans retain control over mission objectives and lethal force decisions. Tseng also addresses the shift towards intelligent, affordable mass in military technology, noting the challenges and opportunities this presents for global power dynamics and the U.S. industrial base.