Silicon Valley: "Call to Action" on Fires

Just evacuated. One of 64,600+. And ... I'm pissed off with California and Silicon Valley. We're better than this, and we've not saved ourselves with our own technology.

I've quietly pitched years ago a technology response that works. Now not so quiet.

I need your help - to fight a "too cheap" mindset in government/investment that doesn't engage seriously. In return, a $4B start-up will rollout with 20 key partners that will fight the thousands of fires before they grow to scale. Because they always can deploy in hours regardless conditions that hold off early response, can scale within days to exceed any fire's growth, and doesn't endanger a single fireman.

I will do this in one year and it will engage it's first wildfire. Sound plan, executable, "best of breed", right team.

But you must say "yes" and help critically to see it happen. Spurious "no's" and minor league backbiting isn't critical feedback of this strong, decisive action. Already done and refined this - even has the machine learning built in from the start. Can always be improved but you've got to "prove your stuff".

Why me and now? This is a systems approach to the problem, and I've got the "kernel" for it. It is "non stop" and I was a part of Tandem's fault tolerant technology and partnerships. And ... got my start at NASA doing automated flight systems navigation and guidance for autonomous operation, and government operational involvement. I did Symmetric Computer Systems as my first venture, from bits / IC's / bootstrap / OS / applications / everything. Much more. This is a "SpaceX for global fire suppression" with a TAM beyond $50B and goes faster around the globe in serviced market than any startup ever.

What's my reason in doing this? Look at the top of this read - Silicon Valley can and must "kill" this problem. Otherwise we'll all burn as it gets worse every year.

Personal. No one else can, will, and do. Didn't before.

Doing it in one year for California means getting the demonstrated market opportunity for the whole globe to follow. Nice win.

Who I want to hear from is specific people to make this happen:

1. State policy and lawmakers who need Silicon Valley rapid developed technology to replace "convict labor and antique airtankers - only" mindset.
2. Serious VC's who can move fast and aren't deterred by trivial conflicts with portfolio investments, and can twist certain arms.
3. Partners who want to move existing flight/vehicle products at volume, with specialized software/hardware mods.
4. Fire management personnel to smoothly incorporate into state and local.
5. Very specific autonomous vehicle, logistics, and operational machine learning personnel to enhance seamless function to an overloaded and chaotic situation.

We have got to do this now. Silicon Valley is burning. We don't have time to indulge the petty rent-seeking investments of the past. We need to take action on a global scale.

Otherwise, we all burn together. And that, my friends, we cannot allow.