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Michelle Giuda: Why America Needs to Perform as an Elite Team to Win the 21st Century

Michelle Giuda: Why America Needs to Perform as an Elite Team to Win the 21st Century

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In this keynote, Michelle Giuda - CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State - shares the mindset that turns ordinary groups into elite teams. Drawing on her journey from two-time reject to two-time NCAA team captain, Michelle delivers a powerful message about the discipline, urgency, and purpose required for America to perform at its highest level - and secure our freedom and prosperity in the 21st century. This is a call for all of us to rise and perform as the elite team America needs right now.

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Michelle Giuda joined Bloomberg Tech to discuss what it will take for the United States to lead in artificial intelligence.


While growing coordination between Silicon Valley and Washington is an important step forward, Giuda noted that leadership in AI cannot be limited to those two centers.


“To lead in AI, this can’t be a two-city story,” she said. “It has to include every American in between — and the allies we need to win with.”


As AI continues to evolve, leadership will depend not only on innovation, but on adoption, scale, and collaboration across borders.

 

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Michelle Giuda on CNBC Squawk Box: AI and National Security at the Frontier

Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda joined Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC Squawk Box to discuss the White House's emerging AI security framework and America's dual mandate: becoming the global capital of AI while protecting our national security.

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Michelle Giuda on Bloomberg: Leading in AI Can't Be a Two-City Story

Michelle Giuda joined Bloomberg Tech to discuss what it will take for the United States to lead in artificial intelligence.


While growing coordination between Silicon Valley and Washington is an important step forward, Giuda noted that leadership in AI cannot be limited to those two centers.


“To lead in AI, this can’t be a two-city story,” she said. “It has to include every American in between — and the allies we need to win with.”


As AI continues to evolve, leadership will depend not only on innovation, but on adoption, scale, and collaboration across borders.