CHINA COMMITTEE ROUNDTABLE WEDNESDAY LEADERS ABOUT THE SPEED IN WHICH CHINA BUILDING TECHNOLOGY WITH LESS GOVERNMENT RICKS GEKKO ROBOTICS CO-FOUNDER IN THE MEETING AN AI ROBOTICS COMPANY COMBINES TECHNOLOGIES TO TRANSFORM HOW THE WORLD BUTDZ OPERATES MAINTAINS INFRASTRUCTURE, TROY, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> ACCESS BACKDROP FOR US TO START, HOW CAN WE EMPOWER AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO BUILD GROW IN THE U.S. BUT DO SO AT A FASTER PACE THAN ADVERSARIES? >> YEAH. THIS WAS THE KIND OF MOMENT WHERE WE NEED MORE OF, CONGRESS INDUSTRY WORKING TOGETHER, MEMBERS ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, HOW DO WE STAY AHEAD OF CHINA BUILD ROBOTICS AI TO PROTECT OUR NATION, NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY BUT MILITARILY MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW CAN CONGRESS HELP. MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ROBOTICS AI, ALSO THE DATE THAT DIFFERENTIATORS GOOD AI FROM INFEFR AI WE ARE FALLING BEHIND BUT FROM PERSPECTIVE WE ARE GLAD TO SEE CONGRESS RECOGNIZING TECHNOLOGIES CAN KEEP AMERICA AHEAD MARIA: SO, ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP WAS THIS ISSUE OF CHINESE TECH APPEARING ON AMERICAN SOIL, USED IN SUPPLY CHAINS COMPANIES, PRODUCTS LIKE DJI DRONES, WHAT DO YOU WANT’S TO MILITARY LEADERS THAT ARE USING DJI DRONES? HAVE IF U.S. MILITARY IS USING A DRONE MADE BY A CHINESE COMPANY, ISN’T IT TRUE THAT THAT DRONE WHATEVER IT SEES THAN ANY CAN POTENTIALLY SEE AS WELL. >> YEAH, IT IS YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CHINESE COMPANIES AREN’T JUST BUILDING FOR COMMERCIAL MARKET THEY ARE DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES NOT JUST FOR THEIR CHINESE MILITARY BUT SOME TECHNOLOGY IS APPEARING ON AMERICAN SOIL, AND A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, WE DO HAVE PROTECTIONS IN FLAMES LIKE — THAT MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE LOOPHOLES AREN’T THERE, YOU KNOW WE CAN’T BE USING THOSE TYPES OF DRONES, THAT SUCH AS DJI, AS I MENTIONED. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE OTHER PARTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN GOING OUT TO CHINA, SUCH AS CASTINGS CRITICAL UNPUTTS TO 90% WEAPONS SYSTEMS THE ANECDOTES BUILD MORE IN OUR COUNTRY DON’T RELY ON CHINESE TECHNOLOGY SPLINE CHAIN UNPUTTS TO OUR REBUILD OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE. MARIA: WHERE ARE WE THEN, TROY? >> WE LOOK AT MANUFACTURING BASE YOU SPECULATIVE CHAINS HOW WE BUILD SO HE HOW INNOVATION CAN SPEED UP THOSE SPACES, NOT ONLY LIKE IN OUR ABILITY TO BUILD QUICKER BUT HELP ROBOTICS I INDUSTRIES THE MORE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN TO BRINGING IN NEW PROCESSES TRANSFORMING HOW WE DO THINGS, YOU KNOW LAST 50 YEARS, LARGELY WITH — WITH WE HAVEN’T CHINASED. >> GEKKO PARTNERING WITH POWER OPERATOR NAES, TO HELP UP PATRIOT POWER GRID 100 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL ROBOTICS AND AI TO GRID RESPONDING TO PRESIDENT’S NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEFLATIONARY JANUARY 20, SO IMPORTANT TROY TELL US WITH A WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE GRID. >> YEAH. WELL, WE ARE ONE OF THE, LOWEST ELECT RESERVE MARGINS BEEN AT EXCITING IS DEMAND FOR POWER ELECTRIFICATION OF VEHICLES, MANUFACTURING MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE AI REVOLUTION HAS INSATIABLE DEMAND FOR POWER, SO THE COUNTRIES THAT WILL WIN HERE AI, WILL BE HAS TO HAVE LOW COSTS RELIABLE POWER ON ENERGY GRID, SO, WHAT IS RECOGNIZED SECOND LARGEST OPERATOR, PRODUCER KILOWATT HOURS THAT IS THEY HAVEN’T SEEN CHANGED PROCESSES IN THREE DECADES, EITHER, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM IS ONE THAT SAID WE HAVE HELPED THEM IN WAYS THAT NO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION HAS DONE GREAT FOR GEKKO BUT ALSO INDICTMENT ON BROADER TECHNOLOGY NEED TO FOCUS ON BEDROCK INDUSTRIES NOT JUST POWER GRID BUT OTHER INPUTS, METALS MINERALS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN SUPPLY CHAINS WE ARE DEPLOYING AI ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INSIDE FACILITY TO MAKE MORE KILOWATT HOURS EVERY ONE COUNT. >> COULD NOT