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Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush
A military tech gold rush has changed hearts and minds on campus.
One master’s student in computer science, who asked not to be named, explained that he has a “moral aversion” to building weapons like drones and missiles but hopes to work at a company that focuses on intelligence operations, such as Vannevar Labs. The social media, gig economy, and direct-to-consumer startups that fueled the 2010s froth among tech investors often featured fast-growth but weak unit economics, meaning it was hard for the companies to turn a profit even when they had lots of customers. “People are betting that if anything goes hot in the Pacific, money will flood in, like it did in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Stanford business student Andrew Paulmeno, a Navy veteran who was chief product officer for Project Maven at the Pentagon.
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