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Anduril Industries received $2.2 million for its wildfire tech, but no one won the grand prize – and that might be the point
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Omar Mouallem is an Edmonton-based writer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and The Guardian. His book How Muslims Shaped the Americas won the 2022 Wilfrid Eggleston Nonfiction Award. His journalism has earned three National Magazine Awards and been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

Anduril Industries received $2.2 million for its wildfire tech, but no one won the grand prize – and that might be the point

Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?

Anduril Industries received $2.2 million for its wildfire tech, but no one won the grand prize – and that might be the point

Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?

Anduril Industries received $2.2 million for its wildfire tech, but no one won the grand prize – and that might be the point

Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?