He Sold His Startup to DoorDash. Now He Builds AI Guns. | ROP #48
Rational Optimist Podcast · Rational Optimist Society
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Show Notes
After selling his software startup to DoorDash, most founders would cash out and relax. Steve Simoni decided to build an AI-powered machine gun instead.
In this episode, Steve reveals his unbelievable journey from Navy nuclear engineer to successful software founder, and why the war in Ukraine convinced him to tackle the drone threat head-on. We dive deep into his AI turret "Bullfrog," how it turns a machine gun into a drone-killing sniper rifle, and his shocking prediction that the drone threat will increase 1000x in the next decade.