Those companies have always existed. The main difference is that their PR teams have convinced the press to use the relatively-neutral term "tech company". It's

Those companies have always existed. The main difference is that their PR teams have convinced the press to use the relatively-neutral term "tech company". It's of course a lot less attractive to have a headline like: "Mass surveillance company Palantir and drone vendor Anduril form partnership..." But hey, they use computers, so they are a tech company now! Just like Tesla isn't a car company, so you should totally value their stock like one of those big tech companies doing Magic Cloud Stuff.