Why a former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs co-founded a defense AI startup

The Origins of DEFCON AI Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Paul Selva, co-founded DEFCON AI after a 39-year career in the United States Air Force. The venture is rooted in a pivotal realization during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While watching the disaster unfold from Iraq, Selva observed that critical information needed by his team was scattered across disparate systems, and data aggregation remained entirely manual. Modernizing Military Logistics with AI DEFCON AI focuses on building artificial intelligence software, modeling, simulation, and analysis toolsets specifically tailored for military transportation and logistics. According to the company's background, the software aims to provide resilient optimization of complex systems, empowering military planners to anticipate, assess, and mitigate network disruptions in dynamically changing operational environments.