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Why True Drone Swarms Don't Exist Yet | Emma Bates

Why True Drone Swarms Don't Exist Yet | Emma Bates

Update: 2025-11-08
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Emma Bates, co-founder and CEO of Cachai, joins the show to break down what true drone swarming actually means and why almost no one has achieved it. Drawing from her background in defense modernization and distributed systems, Emma explains how her team is building software that enables drones and autonomous systems to operate without a single point of failure. The conversation dives into distributed consensus, the difference between “common” and “consistent” operating pictures, and why the U.S. must rethink how it evaluates and procures software. It’s a deep, funny, and surprisingly human discussion about autonomy, warfare, startups, and what it really means to make machines think together.


Episode 54.


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Why True Drone Swarms Don't Exist Yet | Emma Bates

Why True Drone Swarms Don't Exist Yet | Emma Bates

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