CIA Funding of Tech Companies

(James Hall) Government funding of companies provides a steady current of back upwards for tech developing innovations. One vehicle for facilitating this human relationship tin dismiss live on institute inwards an entity called, In-Q-Tel. IQT describes their component subdivision as: “In-Q-Tel is the independent, not-for-profit organisation created to dyad the gap betwixt the engineering scientific discipline needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) in addition to emerging commercial innovation. We invest inwards venture-backed startups developing technologies that render ready-soon innovation (within 36 months) vital to the IC mission. These engineering scientific discipline startups are traditionally exterior the achieve of the IC; inwards fact, to a greater extent than than seventy pct of our portfolio companies receive got never earlier done describe concern amongst the government.”

Related: CIA is Funding Companies that Specialize inwards Social Media Spying 

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by James Hall, Dec 16th, 2016

H5N1 Fox Business article, Startups Backed By The CIA is even in addition to then a prime number objective.

“In-Q-Tel issues a press release every fourth dimension it funds a novel company, but it discloses neither the amount of the investment nor the production it’s focused on. It’s believed that the human relationship tin dismiss Pb to the evolution of off-market products tailored specifically for the CIA. H5N1 spokesman for ane fellowship funded past times In-Q-Tel told Forbes that their investment was focused on a specific projection amongst a yearlong deadline, declining to render farther details.”

In keeping amongst the corporatocracy economy, authorities at ane time funding or indirect assistance has boot the bucket the model for startups to chase. Whatever happened to the capitalist formula of raising coin from individual sector investors for an equity involvement inwards a venture?

The rules of the playfield seem to live on really dissimilar when the terminate user in addition to client for the engineering scientific discipline is some authorities agency. Examine the representative experiences described in 25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA.

“It's no cloak-and-dagger the Central Intelligence Agency has an investment describe solid that funds startups that could receive got a large touching on for the Agency.

If at that spot is a fellowship out at that spot doing tidings research, it's probable that, the CIA's personal investor, either looked them upwards or made a cheque out to them.

It's all to ensure that the Agency remains on the forefront of tech. Not long ago, In-Q-Tel invested heavily inwards a fellowship called Keyhole. Never heard of them? Maybe yous know their work, a petty projection eventually known every bit Google Earth.

So, desire to know what's adjacent for technology? Keep an optic on these 25 companies.”

Note the acknowledgement that the AGENCY maintains an investment stake inwards companies. Guess the keyhole into the world of high-tech ascendency has a code to unlock the fruits of the applications, residing inwards Langley VA.

An of import analysis of How the CIA made Google is a prime number source of documentation.

“In 1994 — the same twelvemonth the Highlands Forum was founded nether the stewardship of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the ONA, in addition to DARPA — two immature PhD students at Stanford University, Sergey Brin in addition to Larry Page, made their breakthrough on the get-go automated spider web crawling in addition to page ranking application. That application remains the center cistron of what eventually became Google’s search service. Brin in addition to Page had performed their piece of job amongst funding from the Digital Library Initiative (DLI), a multi-agency programme of the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA in addition to DARPA.”

With the revelation of the role that the Highlands Forum has inwards the procedure of development, it would live on of import to inquiry their activities. However, that proves difficult, since a login describe concern human relationship is required, in addition to no way of registering to access is available. So await at the information on the Highlands Group, for publically disclosed information on the organization.

So what is the quest of all these interwoven relationships? The underlying chemical element that permeates these tech companies is that the federal authorities is systemically involved inwards the funding, piece of job objectives, application acquisitions in addition to equity participation.

Is this the novel normal for the economy? Looks similar it is, but such an organizational construction does non suit to the standards of complimentary enterprise. This method for innovation does non receive got the identical importance every bit “The Manhattan Project”, but may good practice advance engineering scientific discipline that volition receive got the same or greater risks of permanent extinction.

Consider the long history inwards the quest for Developments inwards Artificial Intelligence. Mentioning DARPA in addition to RAND Corporation inwards the same abstract gives time out to anyone familiar amongst the tape of Dr. Strangelove projects.

Lastly ponder the enquiry of corporate command in addition to independent administration inwards the era of authorities funding. Is Google a existent standalone fellowship or is Facebook the social network subdivision for the NSA?

Is the wealth of Bill Gates, the equity positions of Larry Page in addition to Sergey Brin, or the revenue enhancement dodge shares of Mark Zuckerberg a truthful reflection of their actual ownership stakes inwards their respective companies; or are they mere fronts for a shadow government? Just how many Eric Schmidt types are embedded inwards high-tech pulling the strings for the tidings community?

The In-Q-Tel of this world human activity every bit the JP Morgan’s of the twenty-first century. Nikola Tesla’s complimentary electricity wireless distribution was killed past times the robber baron. Today the role of inventive genius is managed in addition to contained past times technocrats next the directions of spooks, who practice the bidding of the supra elite.

Some intriguing questions for a Congressional hearing start amongst simply how much coin was ‘invested’ in addition to how large of a render did the authorities move out of these startups? End amongst what were the sums of coin these firms spent on lobbyists? Surely, inquiring minds would similar to know.