As the temperature begins to drop in some areas around the world, it’s time to reflect on IQT’s summer quarter! Over the past few months, IQT welcomed some exciting new companies to our portfolio and released insightful content on AI, commercial data, and the evolution of warfare. See below for all the latest updates.

Welcome to the IQT Portfolio  

• ‍Kyoto Fusioneering - provides engineering and plant design, high-performance components and equipment, and fusion test and demonstration plants, which are part of the company’s vision of being first to market to demonstrate fully integrated fusion power plants.‍
• Quantum Circuits - developing a full-stack quantum computer based on a dual-rail encoding with superconducting cavities, promising improved fidelity and error correction.‍
• Air Company - developer of a Power to Liquids (PtL) solution that converts carbon dioxide (CO2), water, and electricity into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other commercial chemical products such as alcohols. ‍
• Caveonix - optimizes tedious, incomplete, and expensive cyber compliance programs for more than 50 frameworks, regulations, and mandates.‍
• Poolside - building next generation AI for software engineering.‍
• Noveon - rare earth magnet manufacturer in the United States.‍
• RevEng.AI - an AI assistant (or co-pilot) for software reverse engineers.

IQT Blogs & Podcasts  

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📖 AI and the New World of Security Innovation: The evolution of artificial intelligence has reached a pivotal moment. Over the past decade, we've witnessed numerous false starts, but today we have the ingredients to make AI's promise a reality: abundant data, affordable storage, robust infrastructure, and advanced algorithms. No false dawns this time — only the bright promise of an AI-enabled future.

🎙️ IQT Explains: Diving Into the Dataverse: In this episode hosted by IQT Data Scientist Ari Chadda, we dive into the depths of the dataverse. Our guests, Hanyu Chwe and Diana Keenan, shed light on the significance, evolving market trends, and regulatory challenges surrounding commercial data, emphasizing how new data technologies can enhance decision-making across various sectors.

🎙️ The Intersection: The Evolution of Warfare with General Petraeus: Join Steve Bowsher and former CIA director, General David Petraeus, for an exploration of historical conflicts, strategic leadership, and the intersection of technology in modern warfare. From past military engagements to contemporary challenges, this episode offers enlightening insights on conflict evolution and the leadership skills essential for turbulent times.

📖 IQT Quarterly Recap – Spring 2024: The rainclouds have cleared, and the sun is shining since spring gave way to summer! (at least in the U.S.!) But before we put away our umbrellas, let’s look back on everything that happened at IQT this past quarter...it was a busy one!

Other Podcast Appearances 

• Clayton Williams, Managing Director of IQT International UK Ltd, joined the Zero Pressure podcast for a fascinating conversation on dual-use technologies, a foundational piece of IQT's approach to global security investing. 
• IQT Senior Partner, Katie Gray, joined the Threat Status podcast to explore the transformative impact of AI on both attackers and defenders in the cybersecurity landscape.
• Steve Bowsher joined Niki Christoff on the Tech’ed Up podcast to discuss what IQT looks for in startup teams and how IQT leverages its not-for-profit global investment platform to accelerate the introduction of groundbreaking technologies to enhance the national security and prosperity of America and its allies.

Recent Events & News 

• AUGUST 7, 2024: IQT celebrates five years since the opening of our Sydney office. From supporting groundbreaking startups to fostering innovation across the region, our Sydney team has played a pivotal role in our success.
• AUGUST 30, 2024: IQT’s EVP of Capabilities Dr. Megan Anderson joined fellow national security experts Dr. Rick Muller (IARPA), William McHenry (Defense Innovation Unit), and William Usher (SCSP) at the AFCEA/INSA Intelligence and National Security Summit 2024 held in Bethesda, MD to discuss the impact of next-gen technology on national security.
• SEPT. 5, 2024: Three IQT portfolio companies represented in TIME's list of 2024's 100 most influential names in AI. Tech leaders Jonathan Ross (Groq), Andrew Feldman (Cerebras Systems), and Palmer Luckey (Anduril Industries) have left an indelible mark on the AI industry, setting a new standard in tech innovation.
• SEPT. 16, 2024: IQT was honored to participate in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Supply Chain Summit where Dr. Sarah Sewall shared IQT's new strategic investing initiative which will align private capital toward national security goals such as supply chain security.

IQT National Innovation Strategy 

• ‍The Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence: Implications for U.S. Biotechnology and National Security: President Biden's Executive Order sparked crucial conversations about the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence in biotech. Check out this insightful report summarizing a recent IQT Roundtable discussion on the impact of AI on U.S. biotech companies and the bioeconomy.‍
• Workshop on 5G/6G and Open RAN: Cellular networks are the original, and most well-known, domain in the Great Power competition over communications infrastructure. Concerned by the rapid growth of China’s Huawei, the U.S. and allies embraced a nascent industry movement to “open up” a key element of the cellular system called the radio access network, potentially allowing a broader set of companies to compete in a market that had consolidated into a few behemoths.

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