AFAIR, there is a chain of companies which connects Niantic to govt agencies, they were selling this data to Uncle Sam from the beginning(even before Pokemon GO)
reply> Niantics founder has CIA roots
replyThis is not at all an honest way of saying "Niantics founder raised money from In-Q-Tel"
Being founded with funding from the CIA's venture capital arm seems tantamount to "CIA roots"
reply> Being founded with funding from the CIA's venture capital arm seems tantamount to "CIA roots"
replyFor the company, it’s a stretch but tenable. Saying the “founder has CIA roots” solely because they took an In-Q-Tel cheque is just wrong.
Yes, it would not be unreasonable to say that funding originating from In-Q-Tel has "CIA roots".
replyIf someone claimed to have a CIA background solely on the basis that In-Q-Tel funded their mapping software, they'd be a charlatan. Just as a guy selling toilet paper to the CIA is not necessarily someone embedded in the intelligence community.
Isn't Oxide Computer also funded by In-Q-Tel?
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