{"id":264008,"date":"2026-06-04T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/technology-is-security-for-america-and-her-allies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:40:13","slug":"technology-is-security-for-america-and-her-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/technology-is-security-for-america-and-her-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology is Security, for America and Her Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology is Security, for America and Her Allies<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/a16z.com\/technology-is-security-for-america-and-her-allies\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-04 10:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Throughout almost twenty years in government, I worked at the intersection of defense, intelligence and emerging technologies, often coordinating across the public and private sectors. In leadership roles at the National Security Agency and the White House, I saw firsthand how quickly technology evolved into one of the central pillars of geopolitical influence, industrial capacity, and national security.<\/p>\n

Today, I\u2019m excited to join Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner and Head of Global Affairs, as a next chapter in the mission of securing America at home and ensuring technological innovations are adopted to keep us safe, working together with our allies to build a more secure and prosperous future.<\/p>\n

The new technological mandate<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At this moment, the intersection of national security and technology is being redefined. To understand the present, we must look at how the geopolitical landscape has evolved over the last forty years.<\/p>\n

During the Cold War, technology was a closed, state-driven enterprise, defined by the binary competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Innovation, such as GPS and early satellite communications, was largely incubated within the defense industrial base, with limited commercial spillover. The goal was containment and technological superiority through centralized control.<\/p>\n

The 2000s saw the rapid, borderless spread of American tech. From the global dominance of Wintel (Windows\/Intel) architecture to the rise of the mobile internet, innovation was primarily commercial. Global stability was bolstered by a world order where American tech was the universal standard, and the integration of supply chains was seen as a mechanism for peace.<\/p>\n

Today, as the U.S. and China compete for primacy on the global stage, the spread of technology is tinged with geopolitics and more fragmented. Security now requires a focus on digital sovereignty, supply chain resiliency, and the trustworthiness of the…<\/p>\n

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