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Nearly every “revolutionary” Silicon Valley technology traces back to defense research.
DARPA funds the early breakthroughs, universities develop them, venture capital scales them, and entrepreneurs like Elon Musk commercialize them.
The public sector takes the risk.
The private sector builds the empires.
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2026-03-05 02:50:16 UTCEvent JSON
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