Earlier than the summit, The Cipher Transient spoke with Gilman Louie, a co-founder and early CEO of In-Q-Tel, the pioneering know-how funding agency funded by the CIA, in regards to the burgeoning world AI race. Louie urged that the Chinese language want to resolve for a “shortage” of compute skills brought on by U.S. export restrictions could have really spurred the innovation at DeepSeek. He added that such innovation will additional push the “accessibility” of AI, and function another catalyst within the AI race. Louie additionally spoke about President Donald Trump’s newly-announced U.S. sovereign wealth fund, which he mentioned could possibly be a key instrument to fund AI growth.
Louie spoke with Cipher Transient CEO Suzanne Kelly. Their dialog has been flippantly edited for size and readability. It’s also possible to watch the dialogue on our YouTube channel.