Meet Blake Resnick, the 25-year-old CEO who founded BRINC, a drone company now valued at $480 million. Driven by the tragic 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, Resnick set out to build life-saving technology for first responders, turning his passion for drones into a geopolitical challenge.

Resnick aggressively competes with China, which produces 70% of the world’s drones, a rivalry that has resulted in personal sanctions. He envisions a national network of drone charging pods to achieve his ultimate mission: lowering global emergency response times to under a minute.

This is the story of how an American startup is changing policing and national security, one drone at a time.

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zoyahasan/2025/12/03/this-25-year-old-founder-wants-to-kick-chinese-drones-out-of-american-skies/?ctpv=searchpage

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