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Artificial intelligence has supercharged the cybersecurity arms race. Attackers are rushing to harness the tech to break into systems, leaving defenders no choice but to adopt it as well to fend them off.Alon Noy, who previously led an Israeli intelligence unit that tested the nation’s cyber defenses, saw that paradigm…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sophia Kianni, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When my startup was raising $35 million in Series A funding, it was naturally a very intense period for our company. We were heads…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aaron Sneed, a 40-year-old defense-tech solo founder based in Florida. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When I started my business, as a solopreneur, I realized I didn’t have the money to pay lawyers, HR reps, and a bunch…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hassan Ismail, the 24-year-old cofounder of Yellowcake, who lives in Toronto. It’s been edited for length and clarity.In 2021, there was a government bid in Canada for some military hardware. My cofounder and I officially founded West Tek Defense Corporation in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Tunstall-Pedoe, 56, an angel investor and founder based in the UK. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.In 2012, I sold my first startup, Evi, to Amazon. It later became Alexa.That gave me the capital to invest in…
Elon Musk is going scorched-earth with Vinod Khosla after the billionaire VC founder accused the Tesla CEO of promoting racism and made an open call to Musk’s employees to quit.On Monday evening, Khosla said on X that Musk frames racism as a “great and desirable paradigm,” responding to a September…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cesar Carvalho, the CEO and cofounder of Wellhub, a global corporate wellness platform. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I became interested in consulting through some older friends while studying at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Their…
President Donald Trump’s new defense regulations are sending ripples through the industry, and that’s a good thing, according to Palmer Luckey.”It’s good to scare people sometimes,” Luckey, the founder and CEO of defense technology startup Anduril, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.”President Trump is saying that he wants to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amy Errett, the founder and CEO of Madison Reed. Errett is based in Northern California and founded the hair care company in 2013. Since then, Madison Reed has grown to 90 locations across the country. This story has been edited for…
