How this 23-year-old startup founder landed OpenAI's CEO as an investor

Blake Resnick (above) built a fusion reactor in his garage at age 14, and interned at McLaren Automotive, Tesla, and DJI, before dropping out of Northwestern University in 2017 to launch drone startup Brinc. Now, at age 23, he oversees a team of nearly 100 people making drones and other technology for public safety agencies, serving more than 400 customers.

On a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Resnick talks about Brinc’s origins, its decision to move from Las Vegas to Seattle, the upcoming release of its new Lemur 2 drone, his recent visit to the White House, and the geopolitical forces impacting the company's products.

He also explains the mind-blowing series of events that led OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to become the company’s first investor. Read more and listen here.

As more companies look to ride the recent wave of generative artificial intelligence, there are numerous questions about its impact on intellectual property laws. A growing number of music labels, comedians, computer programmers, and others are worried that AI models are being trained on their intellectual property, without proper recognition or compensation. Read more.

Using mobility data gathered across four major U.S. cities including Seattle, researchers found that the diversity of urban encounters diminished significantly during the pandemic. Greater interaction between different groups in cities that leads to sharing ideas and experience is seen as one of the many benefits of urbanization. Read more. 

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