Google's Eric Schmidt Has a New Gig at the Pentagon | Inc.com

Google's Eric Schmidt Has a New Gig at the Pentagon | Inc.com

Or sign up using: Google's Eric Schmidt Hired to Bring Silicon Valley to the Pentagon The exec will be trying to bring a little of Silicon Valley to the U.S. military, making Google's relationship with the federal government all the more contradictory. Advertisement The chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet, is launching a new partnership with the Pentagon to bring a little bit of Silicon Valley-style innovation to the U.S. military.  It's a collaboration that highlights the many and often contradictory roles that the world's most valuable company must try to play. In the new effort, Eric Schmidt will be teaming up with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to establish a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board. According to a press release from the Pentagon : The new board is an effort to enhance DoD's culture, organization and processes by tapping innovators from the private sector, in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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