Striveworks CEO Jim Rebesco on drone swarms, AI for warfighters, and the end of air superiority

Hosted byAuren Hoffman

Jim Rebesco is the co-founder and CEO of Striveworks, an AI ops company deployed across the US Army, Navy, and combatant commands. In April, Striveworks announced a $70M enterprise agreement with the Pentagon, giving nearly a million defense personnel access to its platform. Jim was previously a partner at Virtu Financial, a pioneering high-frequency trading firm.
In this episode of Summation, Jim and Auren discuss:

• why the real question in AI warfare is who pushes the button
• the case that autonomy favors big nation states, not insurgents
• why it costs $200,000 to procure anything in the Pentagon
• what high-frequency trading and war have in common

You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Jim Rebesco on LinkedIn