Former USAF/USSF Chief Software Officer · Serial Entrepreneur · Author of Replacement
The AI Revolution Isn't Coming for Your Job. It Already Took It.
AI isn't disrupting jobs. It's replacing them. Entire teams, entire professions — gone. This book is the story of what's happening, why nobody is prepared, and what it means for your career, your kids, and your country.
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Nicolas M. Chaillan, first U.S. Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer, is a serial entrepreneur who has launched and sold 13 companies, creating over 190 innovative software products sold to Fortune 500 companies.
Since his departure from the USAF in October 2021, he continues to be an advocate for change within the Department of Defense to ensure the United States and our kids have a fighting chance against China.
Mr. Chaillan founded Ask Sage, Inc, bringing Generative AI capabilities to government teams. Ask Sage became the first company to achieve FedRAMP High Authorization for generative AI and was sold for $250M in 2025.
He was the Special Advisor for Cloud Security and DevSecOps at the Department of Defense and Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Chief Architect for Cyber.gov at the Department of Homeland Security.
Mr. Chaillan has over 25 years of domestic and international experience with deep expertise in cybersecurity, software development, product innovation, governance, risk management, and compliance.
Recognized as one of France's youngest entrepreneurs after founding his first company at 15 years of age, and as a pioneer of the computer language PHP.
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The DOJ charged three people tied to Super Micro with smuggling $2.5 BILLION in Nvidia AI servers to China through Taiwan. Using hair dryers to peel off serial numbers.
Read on LinkedIn →The F-35 — America's most expensive weapon at $2 TRILLION — cannot get its software upgrades to work. The TR-3 upgrade was "predominately unusable" while jets fly combat missions over Iran.
Read on LinkedIn →The Pentagon wants AI companies to train on classified data while banning Anthropic — the most safety-focused AI company — as a "supply chain risk."
Read on LinkedIn →Oracle plans to cut 30,000 jobs to fund AI data centers. The fourth major AI layoff in two weeks. Every company is profitable. Every company is growing. They're cutting humans anyway.
Read on LinkedIn →Meta is cutting 20% of its workforce — 16,000 people. Not because business is bad. Revenue is UP. They're cutting because AI made 20% of the company redundant.
Read on LinkedIn →A security startup's AI agent hacked McKinsey's internal platform in 2 hours. 46.5 million messages exposed. The vulnerability? SQL injection. In 2026.
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