In this episode, Shield Capital's Maggie and Akhil sit down with Dan Wright (Co-Founder & CEO) and Pradeep Nair (Founding CTO) of Armada — the company building distributed AI infrastructure for the world's most remote and mission-critical environments.

They cover why the cloud breaks at the edge, how Armada is deploying sovereign AI infrastructure across defense, energy, and mining, and why winning the AI race is just as much about infrastructure as it is models.

As always, please let us know what you think. And please reach out if you or anyone you know is building at the intersection of technology and national security.

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As always, please let us know what you think. And please reach out if you or anyone you know is building at the intersection of technology and national security.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Armada Introduction

3:30 - What does the DOW's current AI adoption look like?

5:25 - Technical challenges for AI adoption in mission critical organizations

10:50 - Working with start-ups

15:49 - Non-military AI applications

18:49 - DOE's New Genesis Mission

26:26 - Problems with current AI infrastructure

29:47 - Customer education and trust

40:52 - What is it going to take to build US AI Dominance?

47:39 - Advice for founders