Marc Andreessen joins the Pentagon’s board, and the old line blurs
THE SO WHAT
When a major venture capitalist joins the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, the feedback loop between national security strategy and frontier tech investment tightens. Operators in dual-use domains should expect faster policy read-through into capital flows—and more scrutiny on conflicts of interest.
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