> As we eat, Shapira tells me about how Xtend’s end goal is Ender’s Game. He has posters for the movie adaptation of the famous ’80s sci-fi book all over their office, aspiring to a world where soldiers can be like the book’s main character and control many drones at once. In the book, the main character believes he’s playing a simulation the whole time, only to discover too late that his kill counts were real. In an interview describing the company’s partnership with the IDF, Shapira’s brother said, “We essentially built a computer game about how to defeat the bad guys without putting ourselves at risk.”
> As we eat, Shapira tells me about how Xtend’s end goal is Ender’s Game. He has posters for the movie adaptation of the famous ’80s sci-fi book all over their office, aspiring to a world where soldiers can be like the book’s main character and control many drones at once. In the book, the main character believes he’s playing a simulation the whole time, only to discover too late that his kill counts were real. In an interview describing the company’s partnership with the IDF, Shapira’s brother said, “We essentially built a computer game about how to defeat the bad guys without putting ourselves at risk.”