On Hard Work & Grit
Shield AI was founded to advance the mission of protecting service members and civilians with artificially intelligent systems – and do so at great scale. To do this, we would gather the best of the technology and security community in one place. This group would then advance new technologies, entering the extremely challenging National Security […]
Candidate Tips for Virtual Interviews
Given recent developments, many around the country are working remotely for the moment. During this time, companies like Shield AI, which are continuing to interview, hire, and on-board talent, have needed to quickly adapt our practices. Our team is working to transition touch-points that have traditionally been done in-person to remain effective when conducted remotely. […]
Tips for Effectively Running Remote Meetings
At Shield AI, we strongly believe that effective communication is a cornerstone of success. This includes running effective and efficient meetings. Since transitioning to remote work, we have found that running remote meetings require a slightly different skillset than traditional in-person meetings, but that when conducted properly, remote meetings can be extremely efficient. In order […]
Best Practices for Working Remotely
Given recent developments related to COVID-19, the majority of Shield AI’s workforce — like many around the country — is temporarily working remotely. To support our team’s transition to this new work style, we shared a few of the following remote work best practices with our teammates this week. While this list is not exhaustive, […]
On Effective Communication
Effective communication is a cornerstone of success. Think of any long term success and I bet it involves great communication. That’s true of an AI company, a football team, a band, a professional kitchen, a marriage, a friendship and everything and anything else that requires people to succeed. If you’re not communicating well, you will […]
On Inspiring Leadership
Leadership styles are as varied as individual leaders themselves; different styles suit different people and different situations. The leadership style that resonates most with me is inspirational leadership. As the name suggests, inspirational leaders inspire those around them to work hard and achieve their potential. They provide their team with the confidence, the energy and […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Scott Chaplin
What brought you to Shield AI? I was drawn to Shield AI because of its fast growth and my belief that this is a company that wants to continue to grow and transform. I felt like my background of transforming other companies might be something Shield AI would be interested in. In addition, I found […]
Designing to Optimize User Experience
Tell me about user experience (UX) design. What is it and what is the goal? User experience design can be thought of as the design of everything that is related to a user’s — or a customer’s — interaction with a company. It includes interactions with the company’s brand, its services, and its products. It […]
Building a Culture-Focused Team
What is “company culture”? And what makes it “good”? The first step to talking about company culture is to define it. Company culture is the behaviors, beliefs, interactions and attitudes that determine how work gets done at a company. A number of factors drive a positive company culture; the most important being that it’s authentic. […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: Trajectory Planning
We ask very difficult missions of Nova. For example, we ask it to explore a previously unknown building while detecting potential threats and evading them, respond to our user’s requests immediately, and to provide a live video stream and create a map in real time. Completing these missions in a performant, robust manner requires Nova […]
