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“We’re focused on not only the core technology, but the companies and industries that comprise that both in the areas that are kind of more closer to the department… artificial intelligence for autonomy, for example, but also in areas that are deep within the supply chain, like semiconductors,” Jason Rathje said.
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For now, says Office of Strategic Capital director Jason Rathje, his three-month-old office will work through existing programs outside the Defense Department, in hopes of boosting investment in critical tech, especially hardware.
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“OSC was fundamentally established to give the Department of Defense a new tool in our current competition because today the United States… is in a global competition to be a world leader in emerging and critical technologies,” Jason Rathje, OSC director, said, noting they’ll be taking applications for investment later this year.
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