Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng says AI-powered drones are already reshaping battlefields from Ukraine to the Middle East. Now the former Navy SEAL is confronting the moral, military, and entrepreneurial stakes of putting autonomy at the center of modern warfare.
From Ukraine to the Middle East, Shield AI’s autonomous drones are deployed on the front lines. Brandon Tseng, cofounder and president of the San Diego-based company, is in the vanguard of this defense-tech explosion and the fierce debate over the use of AI in modern warfare. He confronts the hard questions: Can we trust the U.S. and its allies to wield AI responsibly? And why does this former Navy SEAL find building a company just as grueling as combat?
