
In this episode of Vector, we track the moment AI stops being a tool and starts becoming terrain. Maris-Tech lands a defense contract that brings real-time AI surveillance to the tactical edge. Army Futures Command calls for unified, AI-powered threat systems—not fragmented prototypes. Meanwhile, NATO accelerates tech adoption across nine critical domains, Perplexity democratizes access to SEC filings, and Anthropic secures a partial fair use victory with massive implications for model training. This isn’t about trends—it’s about systems converging: defense, finance, governance, and innovation collapsing into one shared pipeline. Listen in for the full readout and why this week’s headlines point to a deeper reordering of power.