AFAIR, there is a chain of companies which connects Niantic to govt agencies, they were selling this data to Uncle Sam from the beginning(even before Pokemon GO)
Yes, it would not be unreasonable to say that funding originating from In-Q-Tel has "CIA roots".
If someone claimed to have a CIA background solely on the basis that In-Q-Tel funded their mapping software, they'd be a charlatan. Just as a guy selling toilet paper to the CIA is not necessarily someone embedded in the intelligence community.
AFAIR, there is a chain of companies which connects Niantic to govt agencies, they were selling this data to Uncle Sam from the beginning(even before Pokemon GO)
> Niantics founder has CIA roots
This is not at all an honest way of saying "Niantics founder raised money from In-Q-Tel"
Being founded with funding from the CIA's venture capital arm seems tantamount to "CIA roots"
> Being founded with funding from the CIA's venture capital arm seems tantamount to "CIA roots"
For the company, it’s a stretch but tenable. Saying the “founder has CIA roots” solely because they took an In-Q-Tel cheque is just wrong.
Yes, it would not be unreasonable to say that funding originating from In-Q-Tel has "CIA roots".
If someone claimed to have a CIA background solely on the basis that In-Q-Tel funded their mapping software, they'd be a charlatan. Just as a guy selling toilet paper to the CIA is not necessarily someone embedded in the intelligence community.
Isn't Oxide Computer also funded by In-Q-Tel?