Since leaving Google, Schmidt has become a bridge between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon.
Now its pretty clear he was just talking up White Stork.
Compared to the monstrous budget of the United States Defense Department, thats pennies.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt.Photo: Lukas Schulze (Getty Images)
At the same time, the U.S. government is makingfewer deals with traditional arms dealerslike Palantir.
The ex-Google CEO published acolumnMonday titled Ukraine is Losing The Drone War.
Schmidt has been building out White Stork under a series of shell companies, according to Forbes.
White Stork seems toemploy several former tech executives, including Sebastian Thrun, a co-founder of Googles moonshot lab.
A viral video of adrone chasing a soldier and explodingcirculated on X this week.
Theres a lot of AI used in these drones to pinpoint targets and circumvent defense systems.
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