MILITARY

We deployed in real combat zones. Not a demo. Not a test. Real soldiers, real mission, real stakes. That is the only validation that matters in defense.

I was a Navy SEAL. I saw teammates die clearing buildings. I thought: a drone should go first, not a person. That is why Shield AI exists.

My Parachute Regiment training taught me that preparation and improvisation are not opposites. They are partners.

The army taught me one thing that Harvard didn't — how to make decisions when you don't have all the information and the consequences are real.

Going to the army was the most important decision in my life. Everything I learned about discipline, I learned there.