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We often use the term
"thinking outside the box."

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Sometimes, we have to create a new box.

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This is the uniqueness
of the Homeland Security environment

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with a threat that's ever-changing.

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When you're working at a component,

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you're very much mission driven.

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You have the tyranny of the now.

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The components are looking
for solutions that are much more rapid.

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This partnership is an example for that.

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The Silicon Valley
Innovation Program, or SVIP,

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is a new model

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for the government to work
with the startup community.

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My role at SVIP is to engage startups,

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investors, accelerators,
tech incubators, to find

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the best emerging technologies

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that can be used for Homeland Security.

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SVIP is offering non-diluted funding
to adapt your technology.

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We're not interested
in taking intellectual property,

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and we don't want you to pivot
off your commercial roadmap.

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Bastille is an IOT security company.

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We provide visibility
into all the IOT devices

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in your enterprise space,

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and then we alert
when there's threats or vulnerabilities.

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Contracting with SVIP was super easy.

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The proposal process was
just a simple form,

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and then we did a pitch,

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and then right after the pitch,

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we heard whether we got the award or not,

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and then 30 days later,
we were actually under contract,

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so that was totally fantastic.

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We are competing, speed-wise,

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with the traditional Valley.

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We've had technology fielded
within nine months,

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and that's not traditional
government speed.

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Planck builds small UAS systems

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specifically to operate
from mobile platforms,

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in this case, trucks out in the field.

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Our drones can automatically launch
from the back of them.

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The Science & Technology Directorate is
a key strategic partner for CBP.

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We put these prototypes,

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whatever's being produced through SVIP,

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into the hands of our operators
as quickly as we can

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to get immediate user feedback.

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As that product matures,
we find a way to transition.

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In the absence of S&T,

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this exercise would not have
taken place, period, stop.

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We want to ensure that
we're capturing all solutions possible

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from all possible performers.

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Working with S&T
and the Silicon Valley Innovation Program

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allows us to do exactly that.

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SVIP is great because
they really understand

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what a small innovative company
like Planck Aerosystems needs.

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Direct customer engagement,

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excellent communication,
and they move very quickly.

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It kind of blew me away how well it worked

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and how seamless it all seemed.

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We don't have time to wait around
for traditional government contracting.

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SVIP fixes that problem
by moving very, very fast.

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Startups are excited about SVIP

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because they are getting
access to end users,

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rigorous environments in the field
to test their technologies,

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and the ability to have
a potential customer in the future.

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As a startup, you should really

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consider coming to work
with the Department of Homeland Security

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Silicon Valley Innovation Program.