The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley An influx of military spending has been moving tech companies away from serving consumers and back toward chasing government contracts. Reason · Oct 8
Palantir and the NHS – 10 things you need to know Palantir, a US data analytics company backed in its early years by In-Q-Tel, now plays a central role in the NHS’s £330 million Federated Data Platform. Supporters say it could improve planning and efficiency, while critics have raised questions about governance, transparency and trust. Here’s what you need to know. The Conversation · Apr 24
Inside the CIA-backed venture fund that helped launch Palantir and Google Earth In-Q-Tel has brought Silicon Valley thinking to Washington’s defense establishment—and funded a host of James Bond spy gadgets. Fortune · Jul 29, 2025
Venture firm DataTribe raises $41 million to port government-led cybersecurity innovation to the private sector Why the Maryland-based operation is flipping the defense tech model on its head. Fortune · Jun 9, 2025
After Pure Storage, CIA-backed VC invests in ceramic-based startup that wants to build Exabyte-class storage CIA-backed In-Q-Tel invests in ceramic-based storage startup Cerabyte to advance ultra-durable archival solutions for government files. TechRadar · Mar 30, 2025
Venture capital gives America a strategic edge in the age of technology wars U.S. hardware startups are underfunded–and the Pentagon is not matching the investments America's competitors are making into dual-use technologies. Fortune · Mar 17, 2023
CIA launch bid to bring back woolly mammoth to try to change the tide of climate change US-based Colossal Biosciences is aiming at resurrecting extinct woolly mammoths in a bid to fight climate change, and has now been joined by the Central Intelligence Agency Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022