With the immediate future of his company Bubo Defense now trained squarely on the defense industry, Mark Evans made an all-in style move.
The Dallas-based headquarters of his artificial intelligence company needed to be closer to the epicenter of defense technology.
So he moved to Orlando, hoping to connect with the city’s deep community of defense industry experts and businesses.
Now, he’s a regular on Oviedo pickleball courts and has his office at UCF’s business incubator at its research park.
“You can’t do it without that level of commitment,” he said. “If you are weekend warriors, you’ll have a more challenging time.”
Orlando is home to a deep ecosystem of defense contractors, technology centers for each official U.S. military service and potential clients.
Bubo’s leadership says these factors made the community the perfect homebase.
At its core, Bubo’s platform uses AI to help businesses mine email data and content in real-time to improve existing infrastructure.
Its just the latest use in the artificial intelligence arena, which has been on a roll lately, Evans said.
“AI is going through a whole new revolution and it’s here,” he said. “The wave is here now and a tsunami is coming so we wanted to get up to speed.”
Artificial intelligence, of course, has been around for a while now but it’s often a dependent technology. That is, to establish parameters, it must be informed with existing data and actions.
Bubo’s email service, for instance, will depend primarily on existing data and ongoing information.
Evans points out that the biggest data set in an organization – email – is also its biggest vulnerability.
Bubo’s product solutions are designed to learn what information specific email chains or users require. As a learning model, the system improves with every interaction, with each solution needing to understand its unique organizational culture.
Cofounder Eric Cordell calls these solutions “alive.”
“It’s somewhat of a living, breathing solution over time,” he said. “You don’t get the full value on Day 1; it learns about the humans it’s supporting.”
Despite a heavy emphasis on technology, the company also places a heavy focus on the human side of the equation, as well.
Cordell explains how the company integrates human dynamics with technological advancements, likening the process to the company’s own learning experiences – much like how humans learn not to touch a hot stove through trial and error.
“At one point, I couldn’t walk,” Cordell reflects. “Now, I know kung fu.”
As Bubo Defense continues to grow within the dynamic landscape of Orlando’s defense sector, it remains committed to evolving its AI solutions while fostering meaningful connections within the community, company officials added.