Episode notes
AI is reshaping military decision-making. Clint Alanis (Co-Founder & COO, Smack Technologies) joins Nick Schutt to explain how their Omega and Alpha platforms deliver decision dominance — compressing cycles from weeks to minutes while maintaining human oversight. From synthetic warfare generation to edge autonomy, Smack bridges legacy processes with real-time, physics-based intelligence.
Key topics:
Omega: Staff augmentation for faster commander decisions
Alpha: Tactical edge co-pilot for intelligent autonomy
Synthetic data for high-intensity conflict simulation
Fault-tolerant AI for disconnected environments
Why domain expertise + RL beats general frontier models
The cultural shift needed for rapid adoption
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