Brandon Tseng — Co-founder & President, Shield AI

**Brandon Tseng** is the co-founder and President of **Shield AI**, a defense technology company valued at approximately $5 billion that builds AI-powered autonomous aircraft and the Hivemind autonomy stack. Before founding Shield AI in 2015, he served as a **U.S. Navy SEAL** with deployments to Afghanistan, earning the Bronze Star with Valor. He holds degrees from Stanford University (BS, MS).