Blake Resnick
Blake Resnick is the Founder and CEO at BRINC Drones. He founded BRINC, a startup launched in 2019 that is still running. His expertise includes leadership in technology startups.
Microsoft's reset, a new era for Seattle startups, and how AI is changing everything for founders
On this week's show, we're out on the GeekWire deck for our annual founder open house, where we dig into Microsoft's latest round of layoffs — including a major Xbox shakeup — and the surprising rise of hardware companies on the GeekWire 200. Then we sit down with four guests to talk about how AI is reshaping how they build: Jana Schuster of StackIQ, whose AI-native platform helps companies find redundancy in their software spending — like Rocket Money, but for business — with a small team. Blake Resnick and David Benowitz of Brinc Drones, whose mechanical engineers are now…
A silver lining for Seattle in the DJI ban, and the verdict on the 2007 Camry tech retrofit
The FCC delivered a massive shakeup to the drone industry right before the holidays, adding foreign-made drones (most notably from industry giant DJI) to its "Covered List" of national security threats. While the move effectively bans the sale of future DJI models in the U.S., GeekWire’s Todd Bishop and John Cook explore why this might be a golden economic opportunity for the Pacific Northwest. Featuring highlights from a recent interview with Blake Resnick of Brinc, the Seattle-based maker of public safety drones, who lobbied for the U.S. policy change and supports the move. Related story: Drone capital of the world?…
Drones and the future of public safety, with Brinc CEO Blake Resnick
Blake Resnick built a fusion reactor in his garage at age 14, and interned at McLaren Automotive, Tesla, and DJI, before dropping out of Northwestern University in 2017 to launch drone startup Brinc. Now, at age 23, he oversees a team of nearly 100 people making drones and other technology for public safety agencies, serving more than 400 customers. On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded on-location at the company's headquarters in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, Resnick talks about Brinc’s origins, its move from Las Vegas to Seattle, the upcoming release of its Lemur 2 drone, his recent White House…
Organizations
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Forbes Forbes 30 Under 30 2021–present · current
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The Thiel Foundation Thiel Fellow 2020–present · current
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Brinc Founder and CEO 2017–present · current
Education
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Northwestern University Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering · 2016–2017
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University of Nevada-Las Vegas Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering · 2014–2016
