EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is finalizing a plan to move oversight of In-Q-Tel, the venture capital firm that funds high-tech gadgets and software for U.S. spies, to her office — and away from the CIA.
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Politico is dishonest and ignored what our team sent, so I’m including it here.
This is a good news story about the Intelligence Community working together to rapidly bring innovative tech to our national security professionals. Instead, Politico and its unnamed, uninformed sources are manufacturing division where none exists.
For nearly a year, ODNI has worked in close partnership with the CIA to ensure that cutting-edge technology is easily and rapidly accessible to the entire Intelligence Community, including through long-time partner In-Q-Tel and other channels. These conversations are ongoing and have been positive, collaborative, and focused on implementing a structure that best fulfills our mission of keeping the American people safe and secure. IQT is an asset to the entire Intelligence Community, and we look forward to our continued positive partnership.
Ignore the fake news. President Trump's Intelligence Community is working as one team to keep the American people safe.
Michael Crow, the longtime president of Arizona State University (ASU) since 2002, has served as chairman of In-Q-Tel's board for over 20 years (since around its early years, with reports citing 18–22+ years of involvement). He helped found the organization, which invests in startups developing technologies for the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies (such as the FBI, NSA, and DHS), focusing on areas like cybersecurity, data analytics, and emergency
In-Q-Tel is structured as a nonprofit but functions as the CIA's strategic venture capital arm, using government funding to back companies whose innovations can support intelligence needs while potentially having commercial applications. Crow's role has been publicly documented in ASU-related coverage, his own profiles, and In-Q-Tel announcements; he has received compensation for the board work in some years and has top-secret clearance tied to these activities
This affiliation is well-reported in outlets like the Arizona State Press, Phoenix Business Journal, ASU News, and Wikipedia, and has drawn attention in contexts ranging from university research partnerships to international sanctions (e.g., Russia citing it when banning Crow in 2023).<grok:render card_id="827599" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">20</argument></grok:render>
Note that Crow's primary role is as ASU president, where he has championed the "New American University" model; the In-Q-Tel chairmanship is a separate, longstanding external position.
