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The CIA invests in these Tech companies

The CIA invests in these Tech companies

Video games. Search engines. Social Media. Open Source. Even SQL databases. Seriously.

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Dec 29, 2022
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Wouldn’t it be weird if the CIA invested in, and influenced, Tech companies?

Spoiler: The CIA totally does that.

Through a puppet venture capital firm known as “In-Q-Tel”, the CIA invests in a wide range of Tech companies.

Video games. Search engines. SQL databases. Even website load balancing. The CIA has their hands in it all.

Seriously.

Come with me on a journey into the wild world of Tech firms that the CIA invests in — and the Open Source projects they work on. But first… let’s start with how the CIA does the investing…

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