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💡Exciting developments at the intersection of AI and biotechnology! 🌱 President Biden's Executive Order has sparked crucial conversations about the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence in biotech. Check out this insightful report summarizing an IQT Roundtable discussion on the impact of AI on U.S. biotech companies and the bioeconomy. Key questions addressed in the discussion: 1️⃣ Is the convergence of AI and biology a top national security threat? 2️⃣ Will the proposed screening measures effectively reduce biosecurity risks? 3️⃣ Are the costs of these measures commensurate with the potential risks and harms? 4️⃣ What secondary consequences might arise, like impacts on U.S. innovation or the bioeconomy? Answers to these questions and more can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e4xJfa7q #biotechnology #AI

Today, we're proud to highlight another exciting IQT 25 for 25 company! In 2004, IQT invested in Endeca, a software company that helped organizations integrate, discover, navigate, and analyze data to solve problems associated with information overload. Endeca's award-winning solutions combined next-generation search capabilities with guided navigation, an information retrieval breakthrough that presented results and refinement options to help users find content most relevant to their unique needs. #IQTat25

IQT's Knowledge Hub is a one-stop shop for the latest news, analyses, and insights from the IQT team. From #biotech and #energy to #cyber and #space, IQT subject matter experts use this space to offer strategic insights for #globalsecurityinvesting. It's one of the many ways that the new iqt.org is shining a light on the exciting and impact-driven work of IQT. Check it out today! #IQTat25 https://lnkd.in/exm4YZdU

What's new at IQT? Find out in the latest edition of our Quarterly Recap! Our spring quarter was a busy one! IQT welcomed over a dozen new companies to its portfolio ranging from biotechnology to data security. We also released a series of posts and podcasts discussing emerging technology trends, including American manufacturing, Non-Terrestrial Networks, and scaling cyber capabilities. To learn more about these updates and access external content and media coverage on IQT, check out the full blog at the link below! https://lnkd.in/efsgHZ37 #VCInsights

Welcome to IQT, Siddharth Arun and Vivian Le! Siddharth joins us as an Investment Summer Associate and Vivian as an intern on our Labs team. We look forward to a great summer with you both!

Now Hiring: Senior Director, Growth Partnerships! The Senior Director of Growth Partnerships will serve as the principal point of contact for IQT’s strategic growth and development of partnerships to better serve its national security mission. The Senior Director will engage, explore, and develop new partnerships within the National Security Community in support of IQT’s Capabilities and Insights business lines. Working across an extremely diverse mission set and diving deep into partner requirements, this candidate will serve as the primary liaison between IQT and any prospective USG and/or related partner inquiring or involved in the emerging technology ecosystem. Apply now or share with someone who may be interested: https://lnkd.in/eWSwNXhV #hiring

IQT Tops Silicon Valley Defense Group’s (SVDG) NATSEC100 Report For the Second Year Running! The #NATSEC100 list is comprised of SVDG's ranking of the top 100 venture-backed defense and dual-use technology startups. For the second year in a row, IQT was named the #1 most active investor in this space, with capital invested in 35 out of these 100 companies — more than the next two most active investors combined. Each of these ventures serves our mission of "Global Security Investing." We not only aim to identify and leverage the most cutting-edge defense-focused and dual-use technologies, but emphasize the importance of international reach and collaboration in these efforts — because innovation is happening everywhere, all the time. Check out the full report here: https://natsec100.org/ Read the IQT press release here: https://lnkd.in/ebz8_WHu #GlobalSecurityInvesting

If you haven’t already, make sure to check out our new Portfolio page! We designed this page to be more than a list of the cutting-edge companies we invest in. Are you interested in which tech domains currently stand out to us, where around the world we have investments, or in portfolio spotlights detailing our work with select companies? You can find all of these answers and more at iqt.org/portfolio! #IQTat25

Part 2 of our blog series on Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) is now live! NTNs are revolutionizing global connectivity, unlocking the potential to deliver communications anywhere and everywhere. In this blog, Nathan Roberts, Senior Technology Architect, delves into key technological foundations driving this transformation — the reduced cost of launching satellites thanks to the growing commercial space industry, advancements in microelectronics, and the deployment of AI models that boost wireless network efficiency — as well as the challenges associated with scaling operational models. To read the full article, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/eW-bhkFM #nonterrestrialnetworks

Today, we're proud to highlight another exciting IQT 25 for 25 company! In 2003, IQT invested in Keyhole, a company providing an entirely new way to interact with Earth imagery and data, allowing users to see and manipulate 3D geographic environments. It was later acquired by Google and became the foundational technology behind Google Earth. #IQTat25