EP 84 — Ashish Parikh on Building Mesh Radios That Frequency-Hop Faster Than Jammers Can Track

Описание: Doodle Labs engineered mesh radios that frequency-hop in milliseconds, outpacing jamming attacks in contested environments where satellite latency makes real-time drone control impossible. The multi-band capability originated from a US Army SRR program requirement 5 years ago, where logistics teams wanted to avoid swapping hardware for different countries' frequency regulations. When conflict in Ukraine started, Doodle repurposed this architecture for anti-jamming by hopping between bands faster than adversaries could track and jam. Ashish Parikh, Co-CEO, walks through their monthly software release cadence driven by field engineers embedded with Ukrainian operators, where mission requirements emerged directly from combat: silent mode mesh networking for operators who become targets the moment they emit RF, and coordinating multiple drones plus ground users while one expeditionary asset pushes 100+ kilometers into heavily jammed territory.

Chapters:
00:04 Introduction
00:28 From McKinsey to hardware leadership: founding journey
03:14 Smart Bridges origin story: pioneering long-range WiFi
05:14 Spinning out Doodle Labs for defense applications
07:32 Company mission: connecting people and vehicles
08:00 Connected vehicles and autonomous coordination
10:46 Point-to-point mesh vs satellite vs cellular networks
14:03 Range definitions: short (20km), medium (100km), long (300km+)
15:26 Go-to-market: selling to OEM engineering teams
17:40 Ukraine market entry and transformation
19:52 Complex mission profile: multi-drone coordination under jamming
22:34 Electronic warfare: the cat and mouse game
23:24 Multi-band capability: from logistics to anti-jamming
24:25 Staying ahead: faster frequency hopping and jam-proof architectures
26:11 Ukraine team: monthly releases from front-line feedback
28:51 AI and intelligent networks for drone swarm coordination
29:45 Tactical radio modernization beyond walkie-talkies
32:01 Security standards: DIU validation and NDAA compliance
33:34 Hardware vs software: supply chain and manufacturing flexibility
35:43 Leadership structure and span of control
36:51 Commercial applications: warehouse robotics and humanoid platforms
40:09 Connect with Doodle Labs