> it looks like Silicon Valley has run out of ideas for consumer stuff The U.S. military spends about $800bn a year [1]. That's up about $300bn from ten years

> it looks like Silicon Valley has run out of ideas for consumer stuff The U.S. military spends about $800bn a year [1]. That's up about $300bn from ten years ago. American consumers spend about $21 trillion a month [2]. If you look at VC, most of it still goes to B2C and B2B. DefenseTech is a headline because it's novel. [1] https://www.warcosts.org/us-military-budget-2026 https://www.warcosts.org/us-military-budget-2026 [2] https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&categories=survey&_gl=1*kvcm30*_ga*MjA4Njg2MTcyMS4xNzQ4MzU1NTcy*_ga_J4698JNNFT*czE3NTQ5MTg5MzIkbzg0JGcxJHQxNzU0OTIyMTUyJGo1NiRsMCRoMA..#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCI3NiJdXX0= https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&categor...