WT 360: How federal tech policy leans on speed, efficiency and commercial approaches
Bill Wright, head of Elastic's government affairs office, talks about the bipartisan nature of AI and cyber and how industry can step up. Elastic
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Nick Wakeman
Bill Wright, head of global government affairs at Elastic, explains how the bipartisan nature of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity shapes policy and how industry can play a critical role in that.
The pace of change is accelerating in the market, which means we can always take a step back to understand where those changes have come from and how that drives business activities.
Bill Wright, head of global government affairs at Elastic, joins for this episode to explain how the fundamentals of the Trump administration’s approach to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity line up with those from the Biden Administration.
Yes many things are different, but several others are not as well. For Wright, this shows just how critical cyber and AI are to the federal government. As he tells Editor Nick Wakeman, the Trump administration is looking to expand the government's AI and cyber strategy with a greater emphasis on commercial technology.
And of course, speed and efficiency are key points Wright addresses too. As he explains, understanding where customers have come from and where they want to go is step one in finding growth opportunities across today’s market.
