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Alex Fink

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264 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

Elsewhere, you have to go through the process.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

And right now, the processes are not very nimble in most of these countries.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

So this is why you have things in, not backlog, but under contract, right?

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

but they take a while to realize.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

The other thing to consider is that we sell to drone manufacturers or to Prime who then sell to government, right?

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

So sometimes the moment in which we can realize revenue is not entirely controlled by us.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

It occurs when the hardware manufacturer shipped to their end user, to the government.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

So even though we already sold software, it's already under contract.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

We know we're going to get the money.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

We don't know exactly when we will, when the contract gets fulfilled by our customer.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

So we are the subcontractor in these relationships.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

There's an upside to this, which is that we don't have to deal with most of the headache of government contracting.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

Right.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

But the downside is I can often tell you how much is under contract.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

I cannot tell you exactly when it will be realized.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

Correct.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

And again, I go back to the Microsoft analogy because it answers 90% of the questions.

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

It's like Windows selling to Dell, right?

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

Then when you buy the Dell laptop, then I'm assuming Microsoft has to account for that revenue, right?

The Rundown
Swarmer CEO on Building the “Microsoft of Drones”

So that's exactly what we do.