Decision Dominance: Physics-Based AI for Defense with Clint Alanis

Robots and Red Tape by Nick Schutt

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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