Marc Andreessen is appointed to the DOD's Defense Policy Board, a committee tasked with giving strategic advice to the defense secretary and other top officials
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Venture and Silicon Valley ideology now has a more formal advisory channel into US defense planning. If you’re building dual-use tech, assume your category’s norms and export expectations may be shaped earlier and more directly by voices from the venture ecosystem.
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