Ed Ludlow

institutions that would be on paper at risk from such an attack?

Or is it sort of at the company and corporate level where America is most on the defense?

Sanaz, of course, many would say that in this era of generative AI, well, the threat level just spiked to the right in many areas of cyber.

You are an AI native threat exposure management company.

So how is AI being deployed by Iran, if at all, at this moment?

Sanaz Yashar, CEO of Zafran.

It's great to have you on the program.

Thank you very much.

The story we broke yesterday, Josh Kushner's Five Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are co-leading a fundraising round for Anduril that can nearly double the defense tech startup's valuation.

That's according to sources who say they're seeking to raise $4 billion at about $60 billion post-money valuation.

Caro, interesting timing given what's happening in the defense sector in Iran.

Interesting that it's two big venture firms leading this late stage round.

And again, another company that remains private for as long as possible.

But what's notable is we're at this moment where we're questioning autonomous weaponry.

We're at this moment of ethical questioning, and we wonder how much that's something that's being debated in an investment level.

There's no confirmation that any Anduril tech's been used in Iran, and no evidence or reports.

But they do have deployment, anti-drone deployments in the Middle East, which is so common on U.S.

military bases.

But they want to revolutionize the entire military tech stack, essentially.

They certainly do.