With Gaza war and Trump’s return, Silicon Valley embraces a military renaissance
At Israel’s first DefenseTech Summit, corporate leaders and army officials openly touted their partnership in AI-driven warfare and surveillance.
By Sophia Goodfriend December 31, 2024
“Partnerships between Israel’s military and American venture capitalists and corporate heads are expected to ramp up under the Trump administration. Trump’s planned “government efficiency drive,” overseen by Elon Musk, champions joint projects between big defense contractors and smaller tech firms, especially in areas like AI and drone warfare. As Palantir’s Noam Perski put it in his speech on Tuesday morning, “All these people who used to be tech bros are now defense tech bros.”
Many American proponents of the overhaul are hardcore defenders of Israeli military strategy in Gaza over the last year. They cite Israel’s rapidly spinning door between the military and start-up sector as a model to be emulated — and a handful traveled to Ramat Aviv for the occasion. “
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