The midterms were a gut punch for tech. Here's why it's not a knockout.
THE SO WHAT
The political coalition that underwrote permissive tech policy just weakened, but the regulatory apparatus and capital base remain. Operators should assume slower, more contested approvals — from data centers to consumer AI — and bake political risk into multi-year plans.
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