Axios
1 big thing: The silicon swamp
The incoming Trump administration will give Silicon Valley moguls unprecedented federal power, with tech-friendly officials and policies intertwined throughout government.
- Why it matters: The tech economy’s most aggressive disrupters want to apply their ethos and thinking to government. AI, crypto and move-fast, break-things thinking will be at the center of the new Washington agenda — with America’s technological lead over China in the balance, and vast fortunes at stake.