# Defense Innovation Board The Pentagon's Silicon Valley advisory panel, whose founding chairman was [[Eric Schmidt]] (2016–2020). The DIB brought tech-industry figures into Defense Department advisory roles and is the first stage of Schmidt's Pentagon-advisory phase — the period in which Google won [[Project Maven]] while he advised the Pentagon on adopting AI, making the conflict of interest visible (see [[Google Project Maven Walkout]]). ## Stub — fill out - Mandate, membership, and notable recommendations (e.g., AI ethics principles) - Relationship to the later [[National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence]] - Sourcing ## See Also - [[Eric Schmidt]] · [[Project Maven]] · [[Revolving Door]]