Sarah Emerson is a senior writer who reports on technology companies and culture in Silicon Valley. She's broken news about the empires of billionaires such as Eric Schmidt and fallen billionaire Ryan Breslow. Sarah has also followed the trends and ideologies shaping today's AI zeitgeist.
With a widening roster of high profile talent poached from Apple, SpaceX and Google, the former Google CEO is piloting his drones in Menlo Park and Ukraine .. Now, the stealth startup has begun testing its artificial intelligence-guided aircraft, both at the Menlo Park headquarters of Schmidt’s family office Hillspire and on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine , where the former Google CEO has continually touted himself as the country’s preeminent defense tech guru.
White Stork’s drone development has been aided by a steady stream of notable hires. Over the past several months, White Stork has poached at least a dozen employees from Apple, SpaceX, Google, federal government agencies and the billionaire’s own philanthropic organization, Schmidt Futures, multiple sources told. Their expertise spans machine learning, aerospace, supply chains and procurement.
Along with Dahlkamp and Vander Lind, White Stork’s expanding employee roster includes Mark Stonich, former vice president of sourcing and supply chain sustainability at Google, now heading operations and supply chain at White Stork, and Will Roper, founder of the Schmidt-backed defense startup Istari Digital and a member of the Defense Department’s.
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