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This is just for an accelerator program, do you seriously think that a startup that develops something meaningful from this seed captial will not get the full f
by L_226 5y ago
This is just for an accelerator program, do you seriously think that a startup that develops something meaningful from this seed captial will not get the full force of NATO's budget shoved into it?
- 3pt14159 5y agoBut this is partially my point. We didn't nickel and dime all the crazy geniuses that put together the manhattan project in 200 different startups over 15 years. War AI isn't something you can bootstrap. You need serious resources and talent, and most of the people that are great are getting offered half a million a year unless they work for a startup with equity. This is not enough money and this timeline is ridiculously long.
- richardw 5y agoDARPA Grand Challenge kickstarted a lot of careers and companies and it was a pitiful amount of money as well. In WWII there was no time for serendipity and black swans. Only guarantees, before the other side got it, within a few years.