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Tech Billionaires’ Pentagon Influence Draws Weinberger Scrutiny
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Story summary
- Sharon Weinberger argues that tech billionaires now dictate U.S. military and intelligence decisions without oversight.
- In her book “Valley of Death,” she connects Silicon Valley’s Pentagon collaborations to Cold-War government funding.
- SpaceX, Palantir and Anduril develop and control advanced technologies for the U.S. armed forces.
- A late-1980s CIA contract purchased NeXT computers, rescuing Steve Jobs’s company.
- Weinberger says President Donald Trump “supercharged” the tech-military partnership, receiving praise from industry leaders.
