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2026-06-15
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As of February 2026, In-Q-Tel had completed 120 portfolio exits including 25 unicorns, 21 IPOs, and 157 acquisitions, yet no systematic public tracking exists connecting these exit events to personnel movements within…
2026-06-15
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In-Q-Tel now serves 15+ government partners including FBI, DIA, NSA, NRO, NGA, DHS, U.S. Cyber Command, and UK/Australian intelligence communities, but its annual contract and Problem Set mechanism remain rooted in the…
2026-03-23
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A March 2026 Politico report revealed that ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard is advancing plans to shift In-Q-Tel from CIA control to ODNI because the firm 'caters too much to the tech needs of the CIA over other defense and…
2026-02-13
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In-Q-Tel has 120 portfolio exits, with latest being Infleqtion on February 13, 2026
2026-01-01
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In-Q-Tel has 479 portfolio companies including 25 unicorns, 21 IPOs, and 157 acquisitions
2026-01-01
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In-Q-Tel has made 615 investments in companies as of 2026
2025-10-07
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In-Q-Tel senior partner Katie Gray acknowledged in a 2025 podcast that the firm works with 'repeat founders' and maintains informal 'alumni' relationships, but no public record indicates systematic tracking of…
2025-06-15
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Private databases have mapped a 'Palantir Mafia' of 111 alumni-founded companies, but no equivalent systematic tracking exists for the broader In-Q-Tel portfolio network.
2025-06-15
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No systematic public database maps In-Q-Tel employee or partner career trajectories to portfolio company officer/director positions, meaning the personnel movement pattern central to this inference is undocumented at…
2025-06-15
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In-Q-Tel has invested in over 800 companies and collaborated with more than 3,000 co-investors, yet no public database comprehensively maps shared board members, investors, or government contacts across the portfolio.
2025-06-15
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The fact that In-Q-Tel has never been systematically audited for its role in facilitating undocumented introductions between intelligence community problem sets and defense tech portfolio companies is a significant…
2025-06-15
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In-Q-Tel currently receives around $100 million in additional taxpayer money per year to invest
2025-06-15
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As of 2025, Michael M. Crow (Arizona State University president) serves as chairman of In-Q-Tel's board of trustees — a position creating potential academic-industry-government entanglement around technology transfer…
2025-04-15
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In-Q-Tel announced its 800th investment as of April 2025
2025-01-01
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Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, serves as chairman of In-Q-Tel's board of trustees as of 2025
2025-01-01
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In-Q-Tel has approximately $1 billion in assets as of 2025
2024-12-15
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Anduril and Palantir, both In-Q-Tel portfolio companies, are collaborating on a defense consortium as of December 2024, but no public record indicates whether this collaboration was facilitated by shared In-Q-Tel…
2024-06-15
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SECONDARY
Private-sector databases have documented a 'Palantir Mafia' of at least 111 companies founded by Palantir alumni, but no equivalent systematic tracking exists for the broader In-Q-Tel portfolio of over 700 companies.
2024-01-01
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In-Q-Tel receives approximately $100 million per year in taxpayer funding through contracts with CIA and other government agencies
2024-01-01
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In-Q-Tel's assets were valued at over $1 billion in 2024
2023-12-14
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Steve Bowsher became CEO of In-Q-Tel on December 14, 2023, replacing Christopher Darby
2021-12-31
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In-Q-Tel posted losses in 9 of the past 10 years as of 2021, with 2021 shortfall of nearly $50 million
2021-01-01
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In-Q-Tel CEO compensation was over $2 million annually as of 2021
2016-06-15
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Nearly half of In-Q-Tel's trustees had financial connections with companies the corporation funded as of 2016, according to Form 990 and related disclosures, representing a potential conflict-of-interest structure that…
2016-06-15
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The Washington Post reported in 2016 that more than 100 of In-Q-Tel's investments were secret, meaning any network map would necessarily be incomplete even if attempted.
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