Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2021

This class, Technology, Innovation, and Modern War was designed to give our students insights on how the onslaught of new technologies like AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others has the potential to radically change how countries fight and deter threats. Today the U.S.

Technology 418

Technology Artificial Inteligence North Korea Russia 418

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. Yet the development of these advanced technologies is now being driven by commercial interests, not the Defense Department. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities.

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Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 316

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I’m teaching my first non-lean start up class in a decade at Stanford next week; Technology, Innovation and Modern War : Keeping America’s Edge in an Era of Great Power Competition. New emerging technologies will radically change how countries will be able to fight and deter threats across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.

Artificial Inteligence 379

Artificial Inteligence Technology North Korea Asia 379

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We just held our second session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. The Technology-to-Weapons-Cycle. Our second lecture was a discussion of how new technology turns into new weapons and new doctrine. If you can’t see the slides click here. The text below refers to the slides.

Technology 378

Technology North Korea Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence 378

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. Newell ran the U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We just held our second session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. The Technology-to-Weapons-Cycle. Our second lecture was a discussion of how new technology turns into new weapons and new doctrine. If you can’t see the slides click here. The text below refers to the slides.

Technology 126

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Up until the dawn of the 21 st century, they defined military technology superiority. Our defense and intelligence community owned and/or could buy and deploy the most advanced technology in the world. Not only were they insulated from technological disruption, they were often also the disrupters. North Korea.

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