Stanford Seminar - Silicon Valley & The U.S. Government: Applied Intuition’s Qasar Younis

The conversation centers on the intersection of software, vehicle technology, and defense, featuring Qasar Younis, CEO and co-founder of Applied Intuition. Younis shares his journey from growing up in Detroit's auto industry to leading a company transforming both automotive and defense sectors with software solutions. He emphasizes the importance of understanding one's position on the "disruption versus institution" spectrum when making career choices, highlighting the non-obvious challenges of startup life, such as recruiting and the need for well-roundedness in founders. Applied Intuition's dual-use approach, leveraging commercial success to subsidize defense work, is presented as a model for strengthening American competitiveness. The discussion also covers AI's role in defense, advocating for capability development while acknowledging policy considerations.