Defense tech firms Palantir and Anduril are in talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX, Sam Altman's OpenAI, and others to form a new group in Silicon Valley to bid for Washington's lucrative defense contracts, according to a new report. Palantir and Anduril, some of Silicon Valley's most notable defense companies, have held discussions with around a dozen firms to create a group that can take a larger share of the US government's roughly $850 billion defense budget, the Financial Times reported Sunday.
Main Idea: SpaceX and OpenAI are part of a Silicon Valley effort to form a new defense group that could win more US military contracts.
Key Points:
A bigger tech bid for defense contracts could raise taxpayer costs if competition is weaker or projects run late.
SpaceX and OpenAI could help speed new defense tech, which may improve military tools and create jobs.
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