Orchestrating the Robot Battlefield | Josh Giegel & Ben Richardson, Gambit AI

<p>Josh Giegel is the Founder and CEO of Gambit AI, an autonomous systems software company building technology to coordinate teams of robots. </p><p><br></p><p>Before founding Gambit, Josh worked at SpaceX on the Merlin 1D engine and co-founded Hyperloop Technologies, later Virgin Hyperloop. </p><p><br></p><p>Ben Richardson, Gambit’s Chief Commercial Officer, brings a military and defense innovation background to the company.</p><p><br></p><p>Josh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-giegel/</p><p><br></p><p>Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-richardson-92029b5/</p><p><br></p><p>Gambit: https://www.gambit.us/</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show!</p><p><br></p><p>Steve on X: https://x.com/StevenSimoni</p><p><br></p><p>Steve on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevensimoni</p><p><br></p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3F1sc8yzQIF9WcdHQ3w7kf</p><p><br></p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drone-ultimatum/id1770994541</p><p><br></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://thedroneultimatum.substack.com/</p><p><br></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://x.com/DroneUltimatum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p><br></p><p>LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-drone-ultimatum/</p><p><br></p><p>Our website: https://www.thedroneultimatum.com/</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of <em>The Drone Ultimatum</em>, Josh and Ben explain why the growing number of autonomous platforms creates a new problem: coordinating them. Rather than building another drone, Gambit is developing the orchestration layer that allows different autonomous systems, payloads, and platforms to work together toward a common objective.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation covers one-to-many control, AI-enabled electronic warfare, autonomous kill-chain workflows, ISR optimization, drone motherships, and the integration of aerial, ground, and maritime autonomous systems. </p><p><br></p><p>Josh and Ben also discuss why future battlefields could increasingly become “robot engagement zones” where autonomous systems operate in areas too dangerous for humans.</p><p><br></p><p>They also get into the business of building a defense startup: selling pure software to the government, working with traditional primes instead of treating them as competitors, surviving l