Creating a Revolutionary New Drone in 24 Hours, w/ AI Engineer Ian Laffey

AI-Curious with Jeff Wilser

At a recent hackathon, Ian Laffey was part of a team that designed, created, 3D-printed, and assembled a drone in 24 hours... and for under $500.
The drone's breakthrough: It doesn't need a signal for GPS, which means that it can be deployed off the grid, and can't be "jammed" in a war zone...like Ukraine.
Laffey's drone is now a sensation in the world of defense-tech.
Laffey is now the CTO of Theseus, and he joins the pod to discuss how his team pulled this off, why the drone is such a breakthrough, how AI played a crucial role -- we get into the nuts and bolts, not just platitudes -- and then Laffey shares, on a day-to-day basis, what it's really like to be a 24-year-old AI engineer working in San Francisco, the world's nexus for AI innovation.
Fun convo!
Ian Laffey on Twitter/X:
https://twitter.com/ilaffey2
Theseus:
https://theseus.so
Article from AviationWeek on the drone Laffey helped create:
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/emerging-technologies/how-trio-engineers-developed-gps-denied-drone-under-500