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Shield AI, Waabi, and GM to discuss deploying high‑stakes autonomous AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Shield AI CTO Nathan Michael, Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun, and General Motors Director of Robotics Strategy Mikell Taylor will appear on the Real World AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for a session titled “Building AI Systems When Failure Is Not an Option,” covering safety culture, testing and validation, regulatory challenges, and trust for AI systems in aircraft, vehicles, and robots.
KEY POINTS
- Shield AI CTO Nathan Michael, Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun, and General Motors Director of Robotics Strategy Mikell Taylor will appear on the Real World AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for a session titled “Building AI Systems When Failure Is Not an Option,” covering safety culture, testing and validation, regulatory challenges, and trust for AI systems in aircraft, vehicles, and robots.
- The session brings together leaders from defense, autonomous driving, and industrial robotics to compare methods for validating and deploying AI where failures have real safety or mission consequences.
- Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
WHY IT MATTERS
The session brings together leaders from defense, autonomous driving, and industrial robotics to compare methods for validating and deploying AI where failures have real safety or mission consequences.