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Oct 2025
2h 35m

#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: ...

Shawn Ryan
About this episode
Brandon Tseng is the President and Cofounder of Shield AI, a defense technology company he established in 2015 with his brother Ryan Tseng, specializing in AI-powered autonomous systems for military applications, including the V-BAT drone deployed in operations like those in Ukraine. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Mechanical Engineering ... Show More
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