Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The new technologies and capabilities that will be central to military advantage in the future – artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems, distributed networking, advanced manufacturing, and commercial space, etc. Disruptive Technology. That’s no longer the correct model.

Technical Review 399

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 399

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Google has been investing in a broad healthcare portfolio, Amazon has been investing in pharmacy distribution and Apple…? Much like the NIH SBIR program.) Apple has been focused on turning the Apple Watch into the future of health screening and diagnostics. The Future.

China 67

China Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 67

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Health care ethics are the moral principles and values that allow you to make the right choice while promoting, distributing, and operating your product to healthcare organizations or patients directly. SBIR often offers grants to projects that are deemed risky by the VCs or equity investors.

SBIR 73

SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. STOIKY is his callsign. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

VC Adventure

APRIL 19, 2020

– We need distribution mechanisms beyond the SBA (which is overwhelmed). Consider for the smallest businesses using PayPal, Square or others for the distribution of funds (some of this started happening last week, which is good). Expand the Existing SBIR Programs. – Rapidly execute new SBIR awards.

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SBIR SBA Distribution Programming 105

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Thanks to organizations like DIU we’ve gotten much better at tech scouting; finding promising technologies that might have a military application, getting them on that initial contract – on a SBIR contract or an OTA prototyping contract. But the real problem is that almost everybody hits the famous “valley of death.”

Technology 344

Technology China United States Government 344

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

The government buys and distributes commercial images from startups to supplement their own and shares them with Ukraine as part of a broader intelligence-sharing arrangement that the head of Defense Intelligence Agency described as “ revolutionary.” (One new entrant which DIU introduced, Anduril , just received a follow-on contract for $1 billion.

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Ukraine China Private Equity Russia 325