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And is funded by CIA's in-q-tel.

• smcleod 5y ago
  Can you give some more details and context about this please?
  • leesalminen 5y ago
    “… has drawn the support of In-Q-Tel as a strategic investor.” https://about.gitlab.com/press/releases/2019-01-22-gitlab-announces-support-for-common-access-cards.html https://about.gitlab.com/press/releases/2019-01-22-gitlab-an... Background on In-Q-Tel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel
    • smcleod 5y ago
      Thank you!
  • ta988 5y ago
    I guess they mean that Gitlab is funded in part by In-Q-Tel. In-Q-Tel is a VC started by the CIA (https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2012/07/16/156839153/in-q-tel-the-cias-tax-funded-player-in-silicon-valley https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2012/07/16/15...) that now is used by many actors of the IC. It also has a side effect of making gitlab inaccessible in some export restricted countries.
    • smcleod 5y ago
      Thank you, interesting - I'd heard about the export restrictions but that applies to a lot of software developed in the USA.