GoKawiilTwo new books examine Silicon Valley's deepening ties to the Pentagon
Steve Feldstein's Bytes and Bullets and Sharon Weinberger's Valley of Death, both published in 2026, explore how AI, drones and other emerging technologies are reshaping military competition among global powers. Weinberger's book traces how the Pentagon helped fund early tech firms that later grew wealthy and independent enough to negotiate with the defence establishment on their own terms, a dynamic she terms the Pentagon-Silicon relationship.