According to J.P. Morgan, VC investment in military and aerospace companies amounted to $48 billion in 2024, and “Through the first half of 2025, venture investments into U.S.-based defense tech startups totaledroughly $38 billion and could very well exceed the 2021 peak ($55 billion) should the pace of investing remain constant through the end of the year.” Schwarz also pointed out in the same interview that the introduction of AI into weapons has given VCs and AI tech firms a new level of dominance over politicians and Pentagon officials; many of them are not technically knowledgeable enough to make appraisals of the true value of the AI-powered weapons being sold to them. As The Soufan Center reported in October 2025: “Drone technology … has reshaped the dynamic of the civil war as both the SAF and RSF are pivoting from static, ground-based engagements toward more sophisticated aerial operations … Drone technology has also intensified the RSF’s 18-month siege of El-Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur state, with multiple attacks on civilians in recent weeks.”
Author: Nick Mottern
Published at: 2026-02-02 22:04:15
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