{"slug": "i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors", "title": "I built a defense procurement marketplace – free for vendors", "summary": "CEO Jay Fernström launched Birka AI, a defense procurement marketplace free for vendors, aiming to streamline the path from prototype to purchase order by connecting builders with operators and verifying products.", "body_md": "CEO Jay Fernström's White Paper on the current state of the Military Industrial Complex & How Birka AI fixes it\n\nYou build. They buy. We verify.\n\n[ SECURE MARKETPLACE ]\n\nWHERE BUILDERS MEET OPERATORS\n\nThe shortest path from prototype to purchase order.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors", "canonical_source": "https://birka.ai", "published_at": "2026-06-15 02:55:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 03:12:38.243701+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Jay Fernström", "Birka AI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-defense-procurement-marketplace-free-for-vendors.jsonld"}}