The Race to Cyberdefense, Artificial Intelligence and the Quantum Computer

I've been following cybersecurity startups and hackers for years, and I suddenly discovered how hackers are always ahead of the rest of us -- they have a better business model funding them in their proof of concept (POC) stage of development. To even begin protecting ourselves from their well-funded advances and attacks, cyberdefense and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies must be funded at the same level in the POC stage. Today, however, traditional investors not only want your technology running, they also need assurances that you already have a revenue stream -- which stifles potential new technology discovery at the POC level. And in some industries, this is dangerous. Consider the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, in which companies are offered traditional funding avenues as they promote their product's tech capabilities so people will invest.