Approximately 99.5% of available data is unclassified. Yet, intelligence agencies often focus on the 0.5% that is classified. How can the U.S. government bridge this intelligence gap?
In this week’s episode, Ryan Connell speaks with Sammy Semwangu, CEO of Bazze, about how his startup is transforming intelligence with commercial data solutions.
With over a decade of national security experience, Sammy shares his early entrepreneurial challenges and how he founded Bazze in 2019 to provide an efficient data query model for defense intelligence agencies.
Today, we dive into Bazze’s “super API”, the balance between privacy and security, and how shifting intelligence incentives can help close critical intelligence gaps using both classified and unclassified data.
Let’s dive in!
Key Takeaways:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:50) Sammy Semwangu’s entrepreneurial journey and lessons learned
(04:44) How Bazze’s platform queries commercial data
(08:38) Challenges with the SBIR process and contracting
(18:29) The future of intelligence sharing in government
(22:47) Privacy and ethical concerns with data access
(26:54) Incentivizing intel gaps with classified or unclassified data
(29:59) The efficiency of unclassified data aggregation
Additional Resources:
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Connect with today’s guest:
💥Follow Sammy Semwangu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/semwangu/
💥Visit Bazze for more information: https://bazze.io/
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