Drones for Defense and Public Safety, Autonomy, and Scaling To Win | Mike Fiuk (Podcast Ep. 10)

Mike Fiuk shares Darkhive’s vision, roadmap, and insights on selling and tech in defense.

Chapters:

(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Who is Mike Fiuk?
(4:27) About Darkhive & Obelisk
(9:57) Video Games
(12:43) Supply Chains
(19:01) Reacting to Trae Stephens
(22:04) Autonomous Teaming & Analysis
(23:38) DIU Blue List
(25:35) Advice for Selling in Defense
(29:02) Ukraine Lessons & Scale to Win Wars
(34:36) How to Get Info About Ukraine
(36:30) Darkhive's 2025 Plans42:50 Keeping Products Updated
(46:10) Demos and Conferences
(53:11) Investors in Darkhive
(54:28) T-Levels in Founders (Study)
(57:35) Outro

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Mike Fiuk is the Vice President of Defense Strategy at Darkhive Inc., a company dedicated to developing U.S. produced autonomous robotic systems for defense and public safety. He is also a Veteran and current Reserve Officer in the United States Army. Previously, Mike was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and co-founded or was involved with multiple startup companies. He is a graduate of The United States Military Academy at West Point and Harvard Business School.

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