BigBear.ai buying intent

Last week, thousands of leaders from business, government, finance, and technology gathered in Washington, D.C. at the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP AI+ Expo to discuss the future of applied AI. I enjoyed joining Tarun Chhabra, head of national security policy for Anthropic , Dawn Meyerriecks , who led CIA’s science & technology directorate, and Michael A. Brown , who led the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for a conversation on "AI, Security, and Capital for America's Next 250 Years," hosted by Christina Alfonso , president of the Council on Global Competition and Innovation - CGCI . My argument is that operator insight must be at the center of AI deployment and the flow of capital into critical technologies. The United States has the capital and the innovation. The work now is turning both into lasting strategic advantage, and operators must shape that effort from the start. Trillions of dollars of private capital are moving toward AI and other emerging technologies. That capital can help accelerate American competitiveness, but only if it becomes real capability for the missions that need it most. The people building and funding these technologies need to understand the environments where they will be used. Operators know what breaks under pressure, what slows decisions, and what adversaries exploit when the margin disappears. Their experience needs to shape these capabilities from the start.