Booz Allen Hamilton has formed Booz Allen Ventures, LLC, a $100 million corporate venture capital arm that will invest in strategic dual-use commercial technologies for federal clients. Aligned with client demand and the firm's Velocity, Leadership, Technology growth strategy, Booz Allen Ventures will invest in early-stage companies and technologies within four core areas of demand: defense, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity and deep technology. "We are proud and excited to continue our work with the best startups to support our U.S. government clients. The ability to navigate bigger, faster technology waves and identify the right emerging technologies for their mission needs, as well as our own, is vital to enabling growth and mission speed," said Susan Penfield, Booz Allen's chief technology officer. Booz Allen Ventures will enable Booz Allen to expand on its existing tech Scouting capability to source and recommend technology investments with a focus on mission-specific applications.

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The Northern Virginia Technology Council's inaugural Impact AI 2019 summit on March 21 will gather technologists in government and tech executives from companies in the region making advancements in artificial intelligence. The all-day event kicks off 7 a.m. at the Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center in Fairfax, Virginia, and will open with keynote speaker Toni Townes-Whitley, president of U.S. regulated industries at Microsoft. Midmorning keynote speaker Rumman Chowdhury, global lead for responsible AI at Accenture Applied Intelligence, will discuss building ethical, responsible AI. Impact AI will also feature Tech Talks -- NVTC's version of TED Talks. The MITRE Corp.'s Jay Crossler, chief engineer of operations, will present a cyber Tech Talk, and Booz Allen Hamilton's Kirk Borne, principal data scientist and executive adviser, will talk about the real power of AI and how it can help us better understand our data.