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An article by Ohio Tech News shares:
Anduril Industries, the defense tech powerhouse founded by Palmer Luckey, has unveiled the AI Grand Prix, a global autonomous drone racing competition designed to scout the world’s elite software talent. Operated in partnership with the Drone Champions League (DCL), Neros Technologies, and JobsOhio, the event strips away the traditional advantages of hardware engineering to focus on a single variable: the code. With a $500,000 prize pool and a guaranteed job at Anduril on the line, the competition is a pure-play test of computer vision, path planning, and edge computing.
Ohio is increasingly serving as the “test track” for the future of flight. Between the AI Grand Prix, the mission-critical work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the Ohio UAS Center, the state is firmly positioned at the intersection of Silicon Valley ambition and industrial-scale defense.
As Anduril continues to scale its presence—focused on “rebuilding the arsenal of democracy” through software-first platforms—hosting this high-stakes competition in Ohio underscores the state’s strategic importance in the next generation of aerospace technology.
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