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AI Startups Need Data, and the Government Needs Help

ReadWriteStart

Due to their unique oversight, governments have a surplus of data at their fingertips. Here are the facts about AI startups needing data , and how that helps governments. Here are the facts about AI startups needing data , and how that helps governments. government procurement data. All hope is not lost, though.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. the government is painfully learning how to reorient its requirements and acquisition process to buy these commercial, off-the-shelf technologies. And after two decades focused on counter terrorism, the U.S. Semiconductors: Technology and Market Primer 10.0”

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

The return of strategic competition between great powers became a centerpiece of the 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Defense Strategy. government agencies, our federal research labs, and government contractors no longer have exclusive access to these advanced technologies. Why This Class? Guest Speakers.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Martand Jha, “ This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever ” The National Interest, July 27, 2017. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s Required readings.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

— In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average. In the case of P&G, 40% of its stock was owned by small investors, helping the company fight off a 2017 proxy battle with Trian.). Then it wasn’t.

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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer transactions, mining, and other technological feats to operate without central authority or banks, unlike government-issued currencies. The current value of Bitcoin fluctuates around 650 dollars per Bitcoin, a decrease from the peak 2017 value of over 8000 dollars per Bitcoin.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

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