When is the Right Time in Your Career to Join a Start-up?
Small, growing companies like start-ups have a reputation for catering to the under-30 set and those just beginning their careers. Shield AI has broken this mold, with teammates of all backgrounds and ages. We sat down with three of our recent additions to discuss their motivations in joining the company. What follows is our conversation […]
The Relationship Between Intelligence & Learning
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. How do you define intelligence in the context of robotic systems? Within the context of organic systems — humans, animals, plants — there are more formal definitions of what we mean by […]
Navigating a Path to Corporate Leadership
A conversation with Mike Child, Shield AI’s Chief of Staff. Before joining Shield AI, you were an officer in the US Army. What does it mean to be part of the infantry? To put it succinctly, the infantry is composed of the soldiers that fight on foot. It’s the running back of the football team […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Brad Post
A conversation with Brad Post, Shield AI’s VP of Software Engineering. Why did you choose to become a software engineer? What was it about software engineering that drew you in? I think it chose me, actually. I played around with computers when I was younger and wrote small programs in basic and simple assembly. But […]
What is Deep Learning?
A conversation with Vivek Krishnan, an AI Engineer at Shield AI. This is the first part of our conversation about Deep Learning. What is deep learning? Deep learning is a specific branch of machine learning that creates models using deep neural networks. The two terms have become somewhat interchangeable — deep learning and deep neural […]
How Does Deep Learning Relate to AI?
A conversation with Chris Barngrover, Shield AI’s Director of AI Engineering – Scene Understanding. This is a continuation of our conversation about Deep Learning. How does deep learning relate to AI and machine learning? Artificial intelligence, or machine intelligence as we often think of it, is when a robot or machine runs algorithms that allow […]
Shield Spotlight: Ben Anderson
A conversation with Ben Anderson, a Hardware Engineer at Shield AI. You were one of the first people to join the Shield AI team, what was the company like in the early days? I joined the company when there were about 15 people. My team, the mechanical engineering team, was three people. Shield AI was […]
Shield Spotlight: Kenny Yokoyama
A conversation with Kenny Yokoyama, a Software Engineer at Shield AI. How did you first learn about Shield AI? I first heard about Shield AI from a classmate of mine from UCSD. He had just accepted a position with the company, and he shared with me how excited he was about the opportunity to work […]
Three Things to Evaluate When Visiting a Supplier
In addition to designing the software and the hardware for AI systems, Shield AI is also responsible for producing the hardware in our systems. To build our robots, we have established and cultivated relationships with suppliers from whom we source the materials. An essential step in our sourcing process is to conduct onsite assessments at […]
On Balancing Parenting and Start-up Life
Being a working parent is challenging. But is it tougher at a start-up? We sat down with three of our working-parent teammates at Shield AI to discuss the realities of parenting: What is it really like? How does start-up culture differ from other corporate? The impression is that start-up life and parenting don’t go together. […]
