Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm (www.ft.com)

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I guess self-driving cars are not killing people fast enough and they're diversifying.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

is this about ares? (ft site is always dogshit on mobile)

(context: we had an ares thread a couple days ago)

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Yes, it is. I didn't see the old thread, sorry for the noise.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

no worries, just thought I’d check

the orange fund has been slobbering to get in on MIC business so I wasn’t sure if the ft coverage might’ve been about this or another

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

peter thiel was more succesful in this area with his private torment nexus called anduril or something like that. that's mostly surveillance but he also made some underwater contraption worthy of bond villain

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/8Em1V

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