Absolutely - and I'm a big booster of industrial policy a la CHIPS/IRA! But a CHIPS or IRA style policy wouldn't work if trying to bring services or IP-first i

Absolutely - and I'm a big booster of industrial policy a la CHIPS/IRA! But a CHIPS or IRA style policy wouldn't work if trying to bring services or IP-first industries back to the US. In my vertical (cybersecurity/DevSecOps) much of the domain experience has been hollowed out domestically for almost 10-15 years now. If you're offshoring for the sake of R&D and IP generation, cost isn't a significant pressure (eg. Top Cybersecurity talent in Israel can demand US level salaries, and similar talent in India can demand EU level salaries). There's a much larger pipeline and skills problem in several subdomains in the tech industry that are highly underestimated by HNers.