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Let’s be sincere, it’s been a troublesome week. However let’s use some spare mind cycles to mirror on protection tech, AI in Canada and various investments. — Anna
Time for protection
Simply two weeks in the past, I mused on the truth that protection tech is not a taboo for VCs or for prime tech expertise. It’s too early to inform how lengthy the Israel-Hamas struggle that began after final weekend’s atrocities towards civilians could final, however it’s prone to make democracies’ want for protection tech even clearer.
That’s true within the U.S., in addition to in Europe, the place protection AI firm Helsing is constructed on the premise that “software program, specifically synthetic intelligence, would be the key to defending our democracies.”
