TheFiscalGrind on Instagram: "In-Q-Tel (IQT) is the venture capital arm of the CIA. Founded in 1999, its mission is to identify and invest in cutting-edge technologies that can serve U.S. intelligence and national security. From Palantir to AI startups, geospatial mapping, cybersecurity, and quantum computing, IQT has quietly backed hundreds of companies shaping the future of surveillance, data analysis, and defense. Critics argue it represents the deep fusion of Silicon Valley and the intellige