I read this and I honestly wonder whether it isn’t actually at least 50% a front for getting all of the really interesting technology vetted – and possibly classified – by security services:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/five-eyes-deep-tech-startups/

If you don’t believe that that is actually a thing, checkout this thread by Matt Green:

So this season’s plot of Billions has someone’s scientific research being seized and classified by the DoD and so naturally I want to know if that’s actually a thing.

— Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) October 9, 2023