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Brian Funk from Metaphase summarizes his company in one sentence, “It’s all about meeting – meeting the mission with the technology.” What makes his company unique is the focus on drawing down costs in an efficient way.

That is a great concept and has worked for Metaphase since its founding in 2013, but today we are uncertainly living in a world of policy. The question to ask, how does Metaphase operate in a world where the next six months are almost impossible to predict.

Brian Funk’s response is that they support over twenty agencies, it has given them a range of experience so they can select from a wide range of solutions. One example he gives includes a rapid response to a DHS RFI.

Instead of sketching a possible solution, Metaphase delivered a fully functional application. That in and of itself, is a demonstration of being able to rapidly adapt to unpredictable situations.

Funk also discusses the need for guardrails in AI usage and the potential for AI to enhance both efficiency and security in federal IT.