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Why does China keep turning its companies into national power while the US does not?

@DAlexBlumenthal, Director of Asian Studies at @AEI, points to a difference in focus.

China asks of every company and every capability how it will lead to more national power. The US does not think that way.

Dan calls this a real asymmetry, and he says China is taking advantage of it right now.

For defense leaders, that is the gap to close.

“Will warfighters trust AI?” Moving slowly with military AI feels safe. It isn’t always.

Read all the lessons learned from our first Frontline AI Forum. x.com/i/article/2118…

Our CEO and co-founder @IanKalinT1 spoke today at the Defense Tech Conference 2026 in San Francisco, hosted by Context Ventures.

Ian joined @DemareeGrant (@Onebriefapp) and @CameronLMcCord (@Nominal_io) on “From Zero to One, and Beyond,” moderated by Thomas Higginbotham (Kestrel). The panel covered how defense tech companies build something new, get it into operators’ hands, and keep scaling from there.

Thank you to Context Ventures for hosting, and to everyone who joined the conversation.

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November 19.

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AI is out. SI is in. We got the NAVADMIN. (And the MARADMIN.)

The @USNavy and @USMC are shifting from Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence.

The humans will be back soon. (Probably.)