A new profile spotlights how one Austin investor helped connect cutting-edge artificial intelligence with one of the country's largest institutions: the U.S. Army.
According to Forbes, contributor Sandy Carter writes that Joshua Baer "built the human infrastructure behind AI" — not the servers and software most people picture, but the network of people, relationships, and access that allows new technology to actually reach a major organization like the military.
Forbes frames Baer's approach around three repeatable moves that, in its telling, created his legacy. First, make the introduction — connecting the right people who might not otherwise meet. Second, back founders early, supporting startups before they are obvious successes. Third, build access into your company, designing openness into how an organization operates so others can plug in.
The piece also credits Baer with helping change Austin, suggesting his work reshaped the Texas city's technology community alongside his role bringing AI to the Army.
Why it matters: The story is a reminder that adopting transformative technology like AI inside huge, tradition-bound institutions often depends less on the code itself than on the people willing to make introductions, take early bets, and open doors.