Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We're Fixing It)
Silicon Valley's historical alliance with US defense fractured over 15 years of hostility, but is now being rebuilt under the "American Dynamism" thesis, driven by the geopolitical realities of Ukraine and competition with China. This shift prioritizes building in the physical world—defense, energy, manufacturing—by leveraging software, AI, and autonomy to innovate faster than legacy, five-year-plan-based incumbents and win by doubling down on America's chaotic creativity.
