NATO Collaborates with Start-Ups to Address Growing Security Threats

Marking its 75th anniversary at a summit in Washington DC this week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on Ukraine while emphasizing the importance of new technologies and start-ups to adapt to modern security threats.

In its Washington Summit Declaration, NATO highlighted its accelerated transformation to address current and future threats while maintaining a technological edge. This includes experimenting with and rapidly adopting emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, and quantum computing.

Phil Lockwood, Head of NATO’s Innovation Unit, told Euronews Next, “We’ve long recognized that our ability to deter and defend relies on our technological edge. Although we’re experiencing unprecedented technological innovation, our edge is potentially eroding. We must work hard to maintain this edge as adversaries and competitors pursue their own technological advancements.”

One technology NATO is exploring is seabed mapping, with the Dutch start-up Lobster Robotics as a key partner. “If they had survey equipment, they could have detected the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. While they may not have intervened, at least the threat would have been known,” said Stephan Rutten, co-founder and CEO of Lobster Robotics. Lobster Robotics is one of 44 companies selected from 1,300 applicants for NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program, which provides resourc

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