Aviv Shapira
Co-founder and CEO of Xtend, an Israeli defense technology company focused on AI-enabled drone and robotics software, with a background in the Israeli Air Force and prior entrepreneurship including the Replay company.
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Apr 17, 2026 • 54min
The Future of Warfighting Technology Is Now with Aviv Shapira
Aviv Shapira, co-founder and CEO of Xtend and former Israeli Air Force officer, built AI-enabled drone and robotics software from competitive drone racing to defense tech. He talks about drone swarms, human-guided autonomy, VR teleoperation, tunnel and degraded-comm operations, skills-based swarm architecture, control ratios, ethical safeguards, and how this tech is deployed and protected.
